Chinese pistache Anacardiaceae Pistacia chinensis

Leaf:Alternate, pinnately compound, 10 to 12 inches long, 10 to 12 lanceolate to narrow ovate leaflets, entire margins, tapering pointed tips, shiny green above, paler below.
Flower:Species is dioecious; red to green, males in tight 2 to 3 inch long clusters along last years stem, females in loser, longer groups, somewhat showy since they appear before the leaves in early spring.
Fruit:Bright red (later turning dark blue), round drupe, 1/2 inch in diameter, in long grape like cluster that ripen in early fall.
Twig:Stout, gray-brown, numerous lighter lenticels, terminal buds large and ovate with obvious large scales; large shield-shaped, raised leaf scars.
Bark:Gray-brown with shallow reddish brown furrows, later forming rectangular to almost square flat-topped ridges.
Form:Small tree reaching up to 40 feet tall with a nearly equal spread.

leaf flower fruit twig bark form map

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