Common Name: SUMAC or CASHEW FAMILY Habit: Shrub, tree; generally dioecious or flowers bisexual and unisexual; resin clear, often weathering black, generally aromatic, latex milky or 0. Leaf: simple to ternate- or odd-pinnate-compound, alternate, deciduous or evergreen; stipules 0. Inflorescence: raceme or panicle; flowers generally many. Flower: generally unisexual, radial; sepals generally 5, base generally +- fused; petals 5, generally > sepals, free; (perianth parts 1--7 in Pistacia); stamens 4--7 or 10, vestigial in pistillate flowers; ovary superior, vestigial or 0 in staminate flowers, subtended by +- lobed, disk-like nectary, chamber generally 1, ovule generally 1, styles 1--3. Fruit: drupe, generally +- flat, sticky or not, hairs short or 0; pulp +- resinous, aromatic or not. Genera In Family: 70+ genera, +- 850 species: tropics, warm temperate; some ornamental (Rhus, Schinus), cultivated for fruit (Anacardium, cashew; Mangifera, mango; Pistacia, pistachio). Toxicity: TOXIC: many genera produce contact dermatitis. eFlora Treatment Author: John M. Miller & Dieter H. Wilken, except as noted Scientific Editor: Bruce G. Baldwin, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: PISTACHIO Habit: Tree; dioecious. Leaf: deciduous; leaflets [3]7--9[16], membranous, entire to toothed. Inflorescence: panicle, axillary or terminal, open to dense. Flower: perianth parts generally 1--7, bract-like, unequal, brown-green, ephemeral; stamens 4--7, vestigial in pistillate flowers; styles 3, fused at base, generally 0 in staminate flowers. Fruit: spheric to obovoid, +- purple; pulp fleshy. Etymology: (Ancient Arabic or Persian name) Note:Pistacia vera, pistachio, generally with 3 leaflets, widely cultivated for food. Unabridged Note:Pistacia texana, lentisco, generally with < 21 leaflets, native to Texas, northern Mexico. Reference: Yi et al. 2008 Amer J Bot 95:241--251 Unabridged Reference: Bachelier & Endress 2007 Int J Pl Sci 168:1237--1253; Kafkas 2006 Pl Syst Evol 262:113--124; Katsiotis et al. 2003 Euphytica 132:279--286; Kafkas & Perl-Treves 2002 HortScience 37:168--171; Kafkas & Perl-Treves 2001 Theor Appl Genet 102:908--915; Cronquist et al. 1997 Anacardiaceae In: Intermountain Flora 3A:313--317; Powell 1997 Anacardiaceae In: Trees and Shrubs of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas 231--238; Zohary 1952 Palestine J Bot 5:187--228
Pistacia atlantica Desf.
NATURALIZED Habit: Plant 3--10 m. Stem: branches spreading to erect. Leaf: axis winged; leaflet tip acute to obtuse. Fruit: 6--8 mm, +- obovoid. Chromosomes: 2n=28. Ecology: Flats, roadsides, drainages; Elevation: < 100 m. Bioregional Distribution: ScV, expected elsewhere; Distribution Outside California: escaped in Utah, Texas; native to Mediterranean, Middle East. Flowering Time: Feb--Apr Note: Cultivated for ornament, escaping; used as rootstock for Pistacia vera L. Jepson eFlora Author: John M. Miller & Dieter H. Wilken Reference: Yi et al. 2008 Amer J Bot 95:241--251 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Pistacia Next taxon: Rhus
Citation for this treatment: John M. Miller & Dieter H. Wilken 2012, Pistacia atlantica, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=77247, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
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