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Pistacia L.

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Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 1025. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)

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Project Data (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)

Contributor Text: YASIN J. NASIR

General/Distribution: A genus with 10 species found in the Mediterranean region, Afghanistan, S.W.& E. Asia, Tropical Africa, Southern USA and Guatemala. Represented in Pakistan by 4 species.

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Dioecious trees or shrubs. Leaves compound, trifoliolate, rarely unifoliolate, exstipulate. Inflorescence an axillary raceme or panicle. Flowers small, apetalous. Male flowers with 3-6(-7) stamens. Disk present. Female flowers bracteate. Styles 3, short. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe, often compressed.

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1	Leaflets lanceolate or broadly so	(2)
+	Leaflets ovate to ovate-oblong	(3)

2 (1)	Young leaves of a bright red colour. Leaf rachis not winged. Laflets 7-9 x 90-120 mm long. Drupe greyish in colour
+	Young leaves not red coloured. Leaf rachis winged. Leaflets 3-9 x 26-70 mm long. Drupe Yellowish-brown in colour

3 (1)	Leaflets 3-10, with prominent nerves on the under surface. Drupe 12-30 mm long, ovoid-oblong	4 Pistacia vera
+	Leaflets 3-7; nevers not prominent on the under surface. Drupe 4-6 mm long, suborbicular	2 Pistacia khinjuk

Lower Taxa

Pistacia atlantica Desf.
Pistacia cabulica Stocks
Pistacia chinensis Bunge
Pistacia integerrima J. Stewart
Pistacia khinjuk Stocks
Pistacia vera L.

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