Chinese pistachio
Pistacia chinensis
Scientific Name
Pistacia chinensis Bunge
Common Names
Chinese pistache, Chinese pistachio, Chinese pistacia, green almond, mastic tree, pistachio, pistachio nut tree
Family
Anacardiaceae
Origin
Native to eastern Asia (i.e. China, Taiwan and the Philippines).
Naturalised Distribution
Naturalised in some parts of south-eastern Australia (i.e. in eastern New South Wales and the ACT). Also naturalised on Lord Howe Island.
Naturalised overseas in southern USA (i.e. California, Texas, Alabama and Georgia).
Notes
Chinese pistachio (Pistacia chinensis) is regarded as an environmental weed in New south Wales and the ACT, and is also a potential environmental weed or "sleeper weed " in other parts of southern Australia.
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