Pistacia mexicana, also known as Mexican pistache, American pistachio or wild pistachio is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae found in Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States (Texas). It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mexican Pistache being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ptaeroxylon obliquum
- Kirkia wilmsii
- Zanthoxylum capense
- Schinopsis brasiliensis
- Zanthoxylum schinifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Pistacia
- Species
- Pistacia mexicana
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