Pistacia chinensis
Pistacia chinensis
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Genus
Pistacia
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Species
chinensis
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Variety Type
Ornamental
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Variety
Pistacia
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Growth Rate
Slow to moderate.
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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.
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Bark
Greyish-brown and shallowly fissured, flaking to reveal pinkish-orange younger bark.
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Ornamental Fruit
Small blue to red drupes to six mm on female plants in autumn.
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Tree Habit
Rounded. Young trees tend to be narrow and spindly. Can eventually become quite a large tree.
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Flowers
Insignificant yellowish-green flowers in panicles in spring. Male and female flowers are produced on separate plants (dioecious).
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Height (m)
8
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Width (m)
6