Pistacia weinmannifolia seed

LATIN NAME: Pistacia weinmannifolia

COMMON NAME: Yunnan Pistache

The Yunnan pistache is the small, neat tree of the warm hillsides, and the autumn sets its leaves on fire. The small, evergreen or semi-evergreen tree carries the pinnate, glossy leaves and the small, inconspicuous flowers in the spring, to be followed by the small, round fruits that redden and darken through the season. The tree is a fine, tidy presence of the warm garden, the courtyard and the avenue, and it is one of the easy, handsome small trees of the warm world. It is a tree of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Yunnan pistache is a neat, glossy subject of the plant science, and the pinnate leaves keep showing up in the work on the warm-climate trees. The way the small tree stands the heat and the dry ground has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the drought-tolerant trees, the pistachio group and the members of the cashew family. The small, round fruits and the tidy, upright habit have also made it a fine garden tree, and the Yunnan pistache is a regular subject of the work on the neat small trees of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Yunnan pistache is a fine, tidy tree of the warm garden and the courtyard. The pinnate, glossy leaves hold the tree neat through the year, and the small, round fruits redden and darken through the season, one of the fine details of the warm garden. The tree stands the heat and the dry ground with the ease, making it one of the fine choices for the courtyard, the avenue and the small garden of the warm regions. It has been written about in the horticultural papers for the glossy leaves and the easy, tidy ways, and it is a fine, long-lived tree of the open, sunny, well-drained garden.

The Yunnan pistache is one of the tidy small trees of the warm courtyard, and the pinnate, glossy leaves hold the tree neat through the year. The small, round fruits redden and darken through the season.

To grow the Yunnan pistache from seed, sow the small, round seeds half a centimetre down in trays of moist, free-draining soil, keep the trays in a warm, bright spot and water gently. The seedlings come through within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the well-drained ground, the glossy leaves will hold through the year.