Pistacia chinensis, Chinese Pistachio

Plant Group: Deciduous

Genus: Pistacia

Species Var: chinensis

Common Name: Chinese Pistachio

Height: 8m

Width: 6m

Rate of growth: Moderate

Foliage: Dark green and glossy, pinnate leaves, usually with 10 or 12 leaflets. The autumn colour is a spectacular orange to reddish-orange. The leaves are generally held well into winter.

Flowers: Insignificant yellowish-green flowers in panicles in spring. Male and female flowers are produced on seperate plants.

Fruit: Small blue to red drupes to 6mm on female plants in autumn.

Quick Facts:

Very tolerant of dry and sandy conditions, urban stresses and pruining. Small to medium deciduous tree with a rounded head and upright branching. Attractive fine pinnate foliage, dark green, almost lustrous, produces brilliant autumn colours of yellow, orange and scarlet. Blue/red fruit following flowers. Bark dark grey, developing shallow furrows, exfoliated flakes reveal a salmon to orange inner bark. Adapts to most soil types. Formative pruning required developing central trunk.

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