GIL , Adèle

Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree) is a very common shrub in most coastal areas around the Mediterranean sea. Very tolerant to heat and drought, and thriving in almost all types of soil, it can better adapt to climate change than most other species. It therefore offers a great deal of hope in arid regions an for degraded forests and scrubland,...

After a general presentation of the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus L.) and its oil, we compare 3 fixed oils extracted from its fruit harvested in the Maures Mountains (South-Eastern France) with commonly-used mastic tree oils from Maghreb (North Africa). Our objective was to assess the pros and cons of developing the use of such oils in the...