Pistacia eurycarpa

Botanical Description

Pistacia eurycarpa is a deciduous shrub or a small tree, usually growing up to 5 metres tall[ 1636 Title Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Pistacia L. (Anacardiaceae) Publication American Journal of Plant Sciences, 2012 , 3 , 12-32 Author AL-Saghir M.G. & Porter D.M. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2012.31002 Publisher Year 2012 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. The fruits are sold for food on a large scale in local markets, and the gum is also sold in some areas for its medicinal uses[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. , 1641 Title Ethnobotany of the Hawraman Region of Kurdistan, Iraq Publication Harvard Papers in Botany, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2015 , pp. 85-89 Author Ahmad S.A. & Askari A.A. Website http://10.3100/hpib.v20iss1.2015.n8 Publisher Year 2015 ISBN 1938-2944 Description ]. Pistacia eurycarpa appears to have a stable population due to its relatively widespread distribution in temperate Asia and being one of the most common Pistacia species in Turkey. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2016)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].