Anacardiaceae
Chinese pistache
Pistacia chinensis
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Pistacia
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Common names
By language (13)
- Azerbaijani
- Çin püstəsi
- Catalan
- Pistatxer xinès
- Chinese
- 黃連木, 黄连木, 凉茶树, 岩拐角, 木萝树, 木黄连, 楷木, 烂心木
- Croatian
- Kineska pistacija
- English
- Chinese pistache
- hsb
- Chinska pistacija
- Japanese
- ランシンボク, カイジュ, カイノキ, クシノキ, トネリバハゼ, ナンバンハゼ, 南蛮櫨, 孔子の木
- Macedonian
- Кинески ф’стак
- Malayalam
- കർക്കടകശൃംഗി
- mnc
- ᠰᠠᡵᡥᡡᠨ ᠮᠣᠣ
- Persian
- پسته چینی
- Serbian (Latin)
- Kineska pistacija
- Spanish
- Rhus argyi, Rhus gummifera
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 69 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: stephen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eleanor Pate, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: lanechaffin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Anne Mossberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: lanechaffin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: alyxland, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Elliott Gordon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stickpen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: alyxland, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.