Chinese Pistacia (Pistacia chinensis integerrima)

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

Pistacia chinensis integerrima is a deciduous Tree growing to 9 m (29ft 6in). The species is dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required). . Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves

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

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour to plant milks. — The fruit is used to impart a flavour to plant milks.; The following two uses have been given for the closely related P.; chinensis and not for this species, but it is assumed that they do apply here also.; Young shoots and leaves - cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Dry slopes and in valleys along rivers, to 2400 metres. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)