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.
Species In Genus: +- 11 species: Mediterranean, eastern Asia, Texas, Mexico.
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.Jepson eFlora Author: John M. Miller & Dieter H. Wilken
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--228Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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