VMs: Re: Mastic...?

[Dana Scott <dfscott@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm, Pistacia lentiscus. Looks interesting. Thank you for the reference.
Some similarities to f04r, though I do not believe that this a valid
match. Will keep in mind for possible future consideration.

Photo:
http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0255-1.html
http://www.fotodisardegna.it/flora/l/lentisch.htm

Description:
http://www.florcoop.liguria.com/fronde/f61.htm
http://pracgsi.ulpgc.es/~a2143/trabajo3/pg4.htm
http://www.nature1.org/m/mastic23.html
http://saranti.gr/mastic_en.asp
http://www.nisbett.com/herbs/m/mastic23.html
http://fl.essortment.com/whatismastic_rbol.htm
http://www.nature1.org/m/mastic23.html
http://www.labo-hevea.com/fiche/lentisque.htm
http://www.assms.it/schedebot/103.htm

Illustration:
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/library/kohler/1761_034.jpg

Regards,
Dana Scott

Nick Pelling wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Here's a herb I hadn't heard of with an interesting story to tell...
>
>         May 29, 2000 -- To raise funds for his famous expedition,
>         Christopher Columbus reportedly promised he would bring
>         back four precious commodities: gold, spices, cotton, and
>         mastic.
>
>         Gold? Of course. Spices? Certainly. But mastic? Mastic
>         oil comes from the sap of a rare cousin of the pistachio
>         tree. In ancient times, doctors, including Hippocrates and
>         Galen, prized it for its ability to cure stomach ulcers and
>         gum disease. ...
>
> Full story:-
>
>         http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1668.50289
>
> Dana? :-)
>
> Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....