Terebinth Tree

• Pistachia Terebinthus, also known as the Turpentine Tree, is usually found close to the Mediterranean Sea, and emits a strong smell of resin. It is the earliest known source of Turpentine.
• It grows all around the Mediterranean Sea and reaches the Canary Islands.

Terebinth Resin

• The Resin from Terebinth trees was used to make Turpentine which, in Classical antiquity, was used in Medicine for internal as well as external applications.
• Blocks of Terebinth Resin were found in the Uluburun Shipwreck dating around 1300 BCE.

Terebinth Tree, Cyprus