Pistacia chinensis
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Description
Tree up to 26 m tall and 1 m Ø, sometimes with buttresses.
Bark light brownish, scaly.
Leaves with (3-)5-6(-10) pairs of leaflets (terminal leaflet sometimes absent), up to 20 cm long;
Inflorescences racemose in ♂, paniculate in ♀, up to 8 cm long, puberulous, glabrescent;
Stamens 3-5, ¾ mm;
Ovary globose, ⅔ mm Ø;
Distribution
Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Luzon present, Southern America: Argentina Northeast (Formosa present)
China, Formosa, and Malesia: Philippines (Luzon).
Uses
The wood is used locally in the Philippines for making tobacco pipes (MERRILL & MERRITT, l.c.).
Notes
The fruits are often empty with only an undeveloped ovule. This is apparently due to the failure of pollination (COPELAND, l.c.).
Citation
MERR. & MERRITT 1910 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 357
REHD. & WILS. 1914 – In: Sargent, Pl. Wils. 2: 173
LІU 1962: p. 936. – In: Ill. Pl. Taiwan: f. 771
HANCE 1873 – In: J. Linn. Soc.: 77
KANEH. 1936: Form. Trees, rev. ed: 362: f. 319
Copel. 1955 – In: Phytomorph.: 440
TURCZ. 1837 – In: Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc.: 150
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 472
REHD. 1926 – In: J. Arn. Arb.: 194
REHD. 1947: Man. Cult. Trees & Shrubs, ed. 2: 540
LI 1963: Woody Fl. Taiwan: 445: f. 173
BUNGE 1835 – In: Mém. Ac. Imp. Sc. St. Pétersb.: 89
Engl. 1883 – In: DC., Mon. Phan. 4: 291
MATSUM. & HAYATA 1906: p. 99. – In: J. Coll. Sc. Imp. Un. Tokyo: t. 9