Pistacia (Anacardiaceae)

Lentiscus, mastic tree
An evergreen shrub native to the southwestern Mediterranean, but now widespread throughout the basin, it is one of the typical plants of the Mediterranean scrub. Highly resistant to drought and salt, it is used for hedges or isolated bushes along the seashore. It has a medium growth habit.
enlarged, slightly rounded, with small, dark green pinnate leaves that give off a very strong resinous smell. Its flowers are almost non-existent or at least not very showy, while the fruits, which appear at the beginning of autumn, are small spheres of
red color, very numerous.