Pistacia L.

Trees or shrubs, dioecious. Leaves spiral, imparipinnate; leaflets opposite or subopposite, entire. Panicles axillary or terminal. Flowers unisexual. Sepals free, 2 - 5. Stamens 3 - 5 in male flower, absent in female flower. Disc minute. In female flowers carpels 3, syncarpous; ovary superior, 1-loculed, 1-ovuled; style short; stigmas 3. Drupes obliquely compressed; stone bony.

Southern USA and Central America, Tropical Africa, Mediterranean region, Asia minor, Eastern Asia to Malesia; ca 10 species, 3 in India.

KEY TO THE SPECIES

1a. Leaf rachis winged

1. Pistacia atlantica

b. Leaf rachis not winged

2

2a. Leaflets ovate or ovate-oblong

3. Pistacia khinjuk

b. Leaflets lanceolate

2. Pistacia chinensis

List of Lower Taxa