Wild pistachio

البطم، البطم البري، الفستق البري

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  • COMMON NAME:Wild pistachio

  • ARABIC:البطم، البطم البري، الفستق البري

  • BOTANICAL NAME:Pistacia Khinjuk Stocks.

  • FAMILY:ANACARDIACEAE

  • KIND:Native

  • EMIRATE:Ras-Al-Khaimah

  • GROWTH FORMS:Tree

  • HABITATS:Wadi

  • TYPES:Perennial

    Description

  Perennial tree, up to 2.5-4.5 m. One or more trunks, branching after c. 2m. Leaves 8-15 cm long, several leaflets on reddish stalks, variable in shape, from round to oval with pointed tip, glossy green, smooth edges. Flowers reddish, in clusters. Male flowers without stalk on multi-branched spray up to 10 cm, very small. Female flowers with stalks in loose sprays up to 15 cm. Fruits round berries, c. 5*5 cm, green when young, maturing reddish. Flowering from March to June.

Reference:

the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.

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