



Chinese pistache
കർക്കടകശൃംഗി
Pistacia chinensis Bunge
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 9.9 m
- wide
- 7.6 m
Anacardiaceae
Also called Chinese pistachio
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Transcaucasus, Afghanistan to China to Philippines (Luzon)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 9.1 m to 11 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 6.1 m to 9.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- GreenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- French
- Pistachier de Chine
- Chinese
- 黃連木, 黄楝树, 黄连木
- Portuguese
- Pistache-Chinês
- Czech
- řečík čínský
- Japanese
- ランシンボク, オウレンボク, トネリバハゼノキ
- Chinese (China)
- 黄连木
- Russian
- Фисташка китайская
- Polish
- pistacja chińska
- Hebrew
- אלה סינית
- Slovak
- pistácia čínska
- Turkish
- Çin Fıstığı
- Simplified Chinese
- 茶树, 鸡冠木, 鸡冠果
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Pistacia chinensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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