Pistacia palaestina, pistacia atlantica and pistacia mutica. Composition of the essential oil of leaves, galls, and ripe. Differences in monoterpene biosynthesis and accumulation. Different parts of these species have been used in traditional medicine for various purposes like tonic, aphrodisiac, antiseptic, antihypertensive and management of dental. When undisturbed a rare occurrence in the middle east the trees reach a very large. Other pistacia species are clustered into two groups. However, when extracts from pistacia palaestina are added to k562 cells together with suboptimal concentrations of mithramycin, a clear synergic effect was observed. Deciduous tree, 35 m in height, with a single trunk, sometimes with many stems when in. Palaestina article about palaestina by the free dictionary.
The ripe fruits are used largely in the middle east as a component of the socalled zaatar, a mix of aromatic and food plants. 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. Pistacia terebinthus is a plant related to pistacia lentiscus, with which it hybridizes frequently in contact zones. Keywords transcriptome, medicinal plant, pistacia introduction the genus pistacia l. The anatropous, pendulous and crassinucellate ovule was initially unitegmic. Gideon was by a large pistacia when he was called by god judges 6. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation. Pistacia belongs to the anacardiaceae family, which includes plants such as cashew nut. Pinus halepensis, deciduous oak, evergreen oak, and ceratonia. Studies on the phylogeny of the genus pistacia are rather few, and mostly based on morphological characterization. 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. At one time pistacia palaestina, growing on the eastern shores of the.
Pistacia genus has recently received particular interest for its antitumor activity. 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. Composition of the essential oil of leaves, galls, and ripe and.
The effects of temperature on in vitro pollen germination. 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. This redirect is within the scope of wikiproject plants, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of plants and botany on wikipedia. It is well known that insectinduced galls often contain vast amounts of plant defensive compounds as compared to noncolonized tissues, but it is. 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. Fordinae contribution to pistacia taxonomy at the species and hybrid levels is discussed. David faced goliath in the valley of the pistacias i samuel 17. This is the first study to report candidate ssr markers for p. The book life in biblical israel explains that forests in ancient israel were much more extensive than they are today. The terebinth develops a very deep and extensive root system and therefore remains green even in years of drought. Pistacia palaestina, turpentine tree, terebinth tree.
Fordinae contribution to pistacia taxonomy at the species and hybrid. 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. The present study was carried out on nine pistacia spp. Pistacia atlantica, mount atlas pistache, mount atlas mastic. Evaluation of genetic relationships among iranian pistachios. Fordinae inducing galls on pistacia palaestina anacardiaceae. Evidence accumulated from pollen analysis and wood remnant research in geological and. Chemical composition, antibacterial and insecticidal. Pistacia, phylogeny, rapd, fingerprinting, taxonomy. This is a list of all the plants in the bible arranged alphabetically by common name. The natural cover of the highlands consisted mainly of aleppo pine pinus halepensis, evergreen oak quercus calliprinos, and terebinth pistacia palaestina. They represent the past climax and subclimax of this region. Samples were collected four times a year in 1997 and 1998.
Embryology and fruit development in four species of pistacia. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Pistacia terebinthus in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. The effects of temperature on in vitro pollen germination and. The present study aimed to analyze the qualitative and quantitative composition of p. Composition of the essential oil of leaves, galls, and. The natural mediterranean maquis and forest vegetation of israel is commonly considered to be composed mainly of four, roughly equal components.
Anacardiaceae population in the barbaros plain of izmirturkey pdf. Terebinth, latin terebinthus, from greek terebinthos, turpentine tree. Pictures of these plants and plant products can be accessed from this site or by going to bible plants photo site. Article full text enhanced pdf format, 2090 bytes article sharing repository deposits questions. Pistacia palaestina palestine pistachio royal botanic garden. At the end of this research, four taxa were determined in gap region. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Pistacia atlantica, mount atlas pistache, mount atlas. 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. We analyzed the levels and composition of monoand sesquiterpenes in both. In addition to their therapeutic effects, pistacia species are used in food industry, for example, consumption of. Antiinsect effects of the gall wall of baizongia pistaciae. Absalom, great in his own eyes, was trapped in a large pistacia.
Pistacia, a genus of flowering plants from the family anacardiaceae, contains about twenty species, among them five are more popular including p. 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. The analysis of the eo from the leaves of the pistacia terebinthus has indicated that pinene 19. Pistacia cultivars and male m pollinator pistacia species a db1 dbwax p. Pistacium was the basis of linnaeus name pistacia for the genus. Modification of tree architecture by a gallforming aphid. Crataegus aronia, origanum syriacum, pistacia lentiscus, and styrax. Ms analyses of the essential oils of leaves, galls produced by baizongia pistaciae l.
The atlantic pistacia is the largest tree in israel in recent history. Flora of wadi alquff protected area, hebron governorate, palestine. Embryology and fruit development in four species of. In the shephelah, an area that includes the foothills between the central mountain range and the mediterranean. Pistacia palaestina palestine pistachio royal botanic.
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. 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. The name is derived from a word meaning land of the philistines. The contents of the page were merged into pistacia terebinthus on 22 august 2019 and it now redirects there. For accuracy, the scientific name is also included. 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 the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history. Differences in monoterpene biosynthesis and accumulation in.
In the antibacterial disc diffusion assay, eo revealed a broad spectrum activity on the growth of both gram. 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. The mono and sesquiterpene content of aphidinduced galls. Genomic dna was extracted from leaf tissue and rapd analysis was performed using 20 primers. Pistacia is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, anacardiaceae. Oct 24, 2009 in the present research using baizongia pistaciae l. The genus pistacia is a member of the anacardiaceae. Pistacia, pistacium latin, pistachio nut, from greek pistakion, from pistake, the greek name for the nut, perhaps from middle persian pistak. 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. This article discusses mainly the geography and the. Es wurden mehr als 20 zucker im honigtau festgestellt. Native to the eastern mediterranean and to north africa, it has small inconspicuous, greenishwhite flowers. Jan 20, 2017 certain insect species can induce gall formation on numerous plants species.
Note that the relative proportions of the two sugars are reversed in the rootfeeding aphids. When pollen was incubated in a germination medium for 24 h in darkness, distinct differences were observed in pollen germination and. Pdf pistacia is an economically important genus because it contains the pistachio crop, p. Pdf ecological properties of pistacia terebinthus l. 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. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. This tree is where mastic essential oil is extracted pistacia lentiscus is a shrub or dioecious tree, with separate male and female plants, evergreen. Transcriptome analysis of a medicinal plant, pistacia. Pistacia lentiscus is a very common plant related to pistacia terebinthus with which it hybridizes.