Anacardiaceae
American pistachio
Pistacia mexicana
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Pistacia
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- بيستاسيا مكسيكانا
- Chinese
- 墨西哥黃連木, 墨西哥黄连木
- English
- American pistachio
- Persian
- پسته مکزیکی
- Spanish
- Pistache Cimarrón
Synonyms
- Lentiscus mexicana Kuntze
- Pistacia texana Swingle
- Rhus mexicana (Kunth) A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: iNaturalist user: tereso30, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.