Culpeper: ‘Lentiscus. Mastic tree. Both the leaves and the bark of it stop fluxes, spitting and pissing of blood, and the falling out of the fundament [=rectal prolapse].’

Culpeper, Nicholas. (1650). A Physical Directory . London, Peter Cole.

Notes: Used to make a type of chewing gum from the resin, also in the production of ‘Turkish Delight’. An aromatic plant, it has also been used for embalming, and making a glue used for affixing false beards!

Oakeley, Dr. H. F. . (2013). The Gardens of the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. Link

Other Common Names; CHIOS MASTIC; LENTISCO; LENTISK; MASTIC TREE ; MASTIC RESIN PLANT

Africa, Macaronesia, Canary Is.

Africa, Northern Africa, Algeria

Africa, Northern Africa, Egypt

Africa, Northern Africa, Libya

Africa, Northern Africa, Morocco

Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Cyprus

Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Israel

Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Jordan

Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Lebanon-Syria

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