Chinese Pistache (Pistacia chinensis)

Family: Pistaciaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Green. Main Bloom Time: Mid spring. Form: Oval, Rounded, Spreading or horizontal, Vase.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young shoots and leaves - cooked. Used as a vegetable. Seed - cooked. It is roasted and then eaten, or is used in confectionery. — Young shoots and leaves - cooked.; Used as a vegetable.; It is roasted and then eaten, or is used in confectionery.

Habitat & North American Range

Riversides and in cultivated areas up to 2400 metres in the Himalayas. Forest on stone hills at elevations of 140 - 3550 metres in southern and western China. (Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)