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How can you tell if a Chinese pistache is male or female?

Both sexes of Chinese pistache bloom in the spring before the leaves emerge. The male inflorescence has tight, clustered branches about 2 1/2 inches long. The female inflorescence has more loose, open branches about 6 to 8 inches long.Click to see full answer. Correspondingly, how do you tell the difference between a male and female pistachio tree?The pistachio tree is dioecious (i.e. two houses”), meaning the male flowers are borne on one tree and the female flowers on another. Therefore, both male and female trees are required to produce nuts. The female flower is apetalous (no petals) and has no nectarines, thus does not attract bees.Subsequently, question is, are Chinese pistache trees messy? This is a very reliable tree with one true gift — sort of a Susan Boyle of the arboreal world. That gift is brilliant fall color: orange, red, sometimes yellow. For most of the year, Chinese pistache is so understated and well behaved (no messy fruit, broken branches, leaf drop) that no one notices it. Also to know is, what does a Chinese pistache look like? Chinese Pistache, a native to China and Taiwan, is a handsome ornamental hardwood shade tree with lustrous, finely-divided dark green leaves. Young trees tend to be a bit awkward in appearance, but eventually become symmetrical, forming an upright oval, rounded shape.What does a pistache tree look like?Features lustrous dark green leaves that are around 10″ long and compound, commonly with 10–12 (sometimes as many as 20) leaflets. Produces panicles of greenish flowers in April and May, but they are not showy. Yields small, round (¼” diameter) orange to red drupes that ripen in October.