Pistacia atlantica
Mount atlas pistache
Anacardiaceae Family
Compiled by the Master Gardeners
of the University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension.
Pistacia atlantica. ATLAS PISTACHE. North Africa
ANACARDIACEAE (Sumac or cashew family) ...
USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Pistacia chinensis is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and may seed into the landscape. See a map of the states in which Chinese pistache has escaped (opens a new window).
Pistacia Vera
Pistacia Vera - A small summer-leafing tree, 20 feet high, with reddish oval fruit, is a native of the Levant and W. Asia. It needs the protection of a warm wall, and even then is occasionally injured by cold.
Pistacia mexicana (Pistacia texana)
Copall pistachio is a large, airy, rounded shrub or multi-trunked small tree, 12-20 ft. tall. Its glossy foliage, reddish in spring, dark-green later, is pinnately compound.
*Chinese Pistache
Pistacia chinensis
30 to 50'
25 to 40'
Sun; very tolerant of low fertility, dry soil and urban conditions.
Alfónsigo - Pistacia vera
Alforyon - Fagopyrum tataricum
Alga de vidrieros - Posidonia oceanica
Alga marina - Posidonia oceanica
Algalía - Abelmoschus moschatus
Algallaras - Elaphomyces cervinus
Algaroba - Jacaranda procera ...
(pstsh´, pstä´sh), tree or shrub (of the genus Pistacia) of the family Anacardiaceae (sumac family). The species that yields the pistachio nut of commerce is P. vera, native to Asia Minor, Syria, and Palestine.
Chinese Pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
Chinese Plumbago (Ceratostigma willmottianum)
Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatum')
Chinese Redbud (Cercis chinensis)
Chinese Redbud (Cercis chinensis 'Avondale') ...
Native to the Mediterranean region, central and eastern Asia and Texas (Pistacia texana) and Mexico. Pistacia vera is the species that produces the commercial pistachio nut.
Mastix ist das gereinigte Harz von Pistacia lentiscus var. chia (Anacardiaceae), einem Baum, der nur auf der Insel Chios im östlichen Griechenland wächst; allerdings liefern verwandte Arten mastixähnliche Harze minderer Qualität.
Mastic (Pistacia lentiscus)
Mint (Mentha spp.) 25 species, hundreds of varieties
Musk mallow, abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus)
Mustard, black, mustard plant, mustard seed (Brassica nigra) ...
Distant affinity: Cashew (Anacardium occidentale), Gandaria (Bouea gandaria), Pistachio (Pistacia vera), Marula (Sclerocarya birrea), Ambarella (Spondias cytherea), Yellow Mombin (Spondias mombin), Red Mombin (Spondias purpurea), ...
The leaves, shaped starfish- or maple-like, smell sweet when crushed, like the leaves of Chinese Pistachio (Pistacia chinensis) and Smoke Trees (Cotinus). Adding the leaves to a compost pile makes for strong fragrance when the pile is turned.
Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) - orange/red
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) - flame colors
Chinese Pistache (Pistacia chinensis) - yellow to reds
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) - deep maroon ...
Most other members of the family live in the tropics, with a few representatives cultivated across the southern states, including the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus), mango (Mangifera) and pistachio (Pistacia).
 See also: Sumac, Green, Pistachio, Rhus, Juniper
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