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Chinese pistache
Chinese pistache
Pistacia chinensis
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
100-150 yrs
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
East Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

This hardy tree grows in the rocky, mountainous regions of central China. Its leaves grow in pairs of ten or twelve but almost never sprout a final terminal leaflet.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Anacardiaceae
Genus
Pistacia
Species
Pistacia chinensis