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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
M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
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.
On cliffs.
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