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Mexican Pistache
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Mexican Pistache

Pistacia mexicana

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.

Although goats browse the plant's leaves, the species is largely unimportant as a food source as the small seeds are often empty.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 284484.