Pistacia terebinthus, known commonly as terebinth and turpentine tree, is a species of pistacia, native to iran, and the mediterranean region from the western regions of morocco, and portugal to greece, western and southeast turkey. Native to the eastern mediterranean and to north africa, it has small inconspicuous, greenishwhite flowers. Composition of the essential oil of leaves, galls, and ripe and. Composition of the essential oil of leaves, galls, and. It is apparent that ssr markers developed in this study could aid germplasm characterization, construction of genetic linkage maps and comparative mapping in the genus pistacia. Ms analyses of the essential oils of leaves, galls produced by baizongia pistaciae l. Absalom, great in his own eyes, was trapped in a large pistacia. Note that the relative proportions of the two sugars are reversed in the rootfeeding aphids. Pistacia terebinthus in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. The effects of temperature on in vitro pollen germination. In the shephelah, an area that includes the foothills between the central mountain range and the mediterranean. This redirect is within the scope of wikiproject plants, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of plants and botany on wikipedia. Es wurden mehr als 20 zucker im honigtau festgestellt.
Flora of wadi alquff protected area, hebron governorate, palestine. Atlantic pistacia is the larger of the two and therefore assumed to be the one referred to in the scriptures although it is not possible to precisely label the species. Pistacia terebinthus is a plant related to pistacia lentiscus, with which it hybridizes frequently in contact zones. Although the mechanism of gall development is largely unknown, it is clear that insects manipulate their hosts anatomy, physiology, and chemistry for their own benefit. The natural cover of the highlands consisted mainly of aleppo pine pinus halepensis, evergreen oak quercus calliprinos, and terebinth pistacia palaestina. Chemical composition, antibacterial and insecticidal. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Samples were collected four times a year in 1997 and 1998. Article full text enhanced pdf format, 2090 bytes article sharing repository deposits questions. Fordinae contribution to pistacia taxonomy at the species and hybrid. Glucose and fructose content in samples of forda formicaria feeding in galls of pistacia palaestina and on roots of oryzopsis miliacea. Seasonal variation in honeydew sugar content of galling. Evaluation of genetic relationships among iranian pistachios. Pistacia cultivars and male m pollinator pistacia species a db1 dbwax p.
Pdf pistacia is an economically important genus because it contains the pistachio crop, p. Pistacia, phylogeny, rapd, fingerprinting, taxonomy. Pistacia atlantica, mount atlas pistache, mount atlas mastic. Other pistacia species are clustered into two groups. The mono and sesquiterpene content of aphidinduced. Deciduous tree, 35 m in height, with a single trunk, sometimes with many stems when in. Jan 20, 2017 certain insect species can induce gall formation on numerous plants species. The terebinth develops a very deep and extensive root system and therefore remains green even in years of drought. The analysis of the eo from the leaves of the pistacia terebinthus has indicated that pinene 19. Embryology and fruit development in four species of pistacia. The effect of temperature on in vitro pollen germination and pollen tube growth was investigated in pistacia vera uygur, atli, kaska, sengel, kavak, p. Transcriptome analysis of a medicinal plant, pistacia chinensis.
Pdf ecological properties of pistacia terebinthus l. The pollen germination and pollen tube growth among nine pistacia genotypes was quantified in order to identify differences in the tolerance of pollen to temperature variations. Pistacia palaestina, pistacia atlantica and pistacia mutica. Different parts of these species have been used in traditional medicine for various purposes like tonic, aphrodisiac, antiseptic, antihypertensive and management of dental. The anatropous, pendulous and crassinucellate ovule was initially unitegmic. David faced goliath in the valley of the pistacias i samuel 17. It is well known that insectinduced galls often contain vast amounts of plant defensive compounds as compared to noncolonized tissues, but it is. The present study aimed to analyze the qualitative and quantitative composition of p. Modification of tree architecture by a gallforming aphid. Composition of the essential oil of leaves, galls, and ripe. The name is derived from a word meaning land of the philistines. The ripe fruits are used largely in the middle east as a component of the socalled zaatar, a mix of aromatic and food plants. This is a list of all the plants in the bible arranged alphabetically by common name.
In addition to their therapeutic effects, pistacia species are used in food industry, for example, consumption of. This is the first study to report candidate ssr markers for p. Fordinae inducing galls on pistacia palaestina anacardiaceae. Keywords transcriptome, medicinal plant, pistacia introduction the genus pistacia l. Pistacium was the basis of linnaeus name pistacia for the genus. Pistacia atlantica, mount atlas pistache, mount atlas. Pistacia palaestina palestine pistachio royal botanic. Dec 15, 20 the genus pistacia belongs to the anacardiaceae, a cosmopolitan family that comprise about 70 genera and over 600 species. The cornicabra is more abundant in the mountains and inland and the mastic is usually found more frequently in areas where the mediterranean influence of the sea moderates the climate. Embryology and fruit development in four species of. Flora palaestina encompasses the plant taxa distributed in the geobotanical subunit between the mediterranean eastern coast to the west and the syrian and jordanian deserts at the east, bordered by the mountains of lebanon to the north and the desert of sinai at the south. Pistacia genus has recently received particular interest for its antitumor activity. We analyzed the levels and composition of monoand sesquiterpenes in both. The contents of the page were merged into pistacia terebinthus on 22 august 2019 and it now redirects there.
When undisturbed a rare occurrence in the middle east the trees reach a very large. Pinus halepensis, deciduous oak, evergreen oak, and ceratonia. The effects of temperature on in vitro pollen germination and. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. For accuracy, the scientific name is also included. They represent the past climax and subclimax of this region. Studies on the phylogeny of the genus pistacia are rather few, and mostly based on morphological characterization. Interspecific relationships in pistacia based on rapd fingerprinting. The atlantic pistacia is the largest tree in israel in recent history. The species of the genus pistacia are evergreen or deciduous resinbearing shrubs and trees which are characterized as xerophytic trees and growing to 810 m tall.
Pistacia palaestina palestine pistachio royal botanic garden. Palaestina article about palaestina by the free dictionary. The present study was carried out on nine pistacia spp. Gideon was by a large pistacia when he was called by god judges 6. This article discusses mainly the geography and the. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history. Pistacia is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, anacardiaceae. The book life in biblical israel explains that forests in ancient israel were much more extensive than they are today.
When pollen was incubated in a germination medium for 24 h in darkness, distinct differences were observed in pollen germination and. Transcriptome analysis of a medicinal plant, pistacia. Pictures of these plants and plant products can be accessed from this site or by going to bible plants photo site. Differences in monoterpene biosynthesis and accumulation. Pistacia lentiscus is a very common plant related to pistacia terebinthus with which it hybridizes. At one time pistacia palaestina, growing on the eastern shores of the. This tree is where mastic essential oil is extracted pistacia lentiscus is a shrub or dioecious tree, with separate male and female plants, evergreen.
It contains 10 to 20 species that are native to africa and eurasia from the canary islands, all of africa, and southern europe, warm and semidesert areas across asia, and north america from mexico to warm and semidesert united states, such as texas or california. The genus pistacia is a member of the anacardiaceae. Anacardiaceae population in the barbaros plain of izmirturkey pdf. At the end of this research, four taxa were determined in gap region.
At one time pistacia palaestina, growing on the eastern shores of the mediterranean sea in syria and lebanon was regarded as a separate species, but it is now. Differences in monoterpene biosynthesis and accumulation in. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Pistacia, a genus of flowering plants from the family anacardiaceae, contains about twenty species, among them five are more popular including p. Crataegus aronia, origanum syriacum, pistacia lentiscus, and styrax.
Rhamnus palaestina, quercus calliprinos, sarcopotrium spinosum, and cistus creticus. Antiinsect effects of the gall wall of baizongia pistaciae. Terebinth, latin terebinthus, from greek terebinthos, turpentine tree. Genomic dna was extracted from leaf tissue and rapd analysis was performed using 20 primers. Evidence accumulated from pollen analysis and wood remnant research in geological and. However, when extracts from pistacia palaestina are added to k562 cells together with suboptimal concentrations of mithramycin, a clear synergic effect was observed. The natural mediterranean maquis and forest vegetation of israel is commonly considered to be composed mainly of four, roughly equal components. Pistacia, pistacium latin, pistachio nut, from greek pistakion, from pistake, the greek name for the nut, perhaps from middle persian pistak.
Deciduous tree, 35 m in height, with a single trunk, sometimes with many stems when in shrubby form, brown to reddish after falling of leaves. Pistacia palaestina, turpentine tree, terebinth tree. The mono and sesquiterpene content of aphidinduced galls. In the antibacterial disc diffusion assay, eo revealed a broad spectrum activity on the growth of both gram. Fordinae contribution to pistacia taxonomy at the species and hybrid levels is discussed. Pistacia belongs to the anacardiaceae family, which includes plants such as cashew nut. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Oct 24, 2009 in the present research using baizongia pistaciae l.
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