Description
Fragrant wood (scientific name: Pistacia weinmannifolia J. Poisson ex Franch.) Anacardiaceae shrubs or small trees, 2-8 meters high, sparsely up to 10-15 meters; bark gray, branchlets with brown lenticels, young branches covered with grayish yellow slightly Pilose. Small petiole is puberulent; leathery, oblong or obovate oblong, small; petiole is extremely short. Inflorescences are axillary, with leaves, yellow-brown pilose and red glandular hairs; flowers are small, purplish red, sessile, bracts ovoid, outer brown pilose, male flowers, oblong or oblong-lanceolate , Membranous, translucent, extremely short filaments, oblong anthers, female flowers glabrous, extremely short styles, outwardly curved stigmas. The drupe is spherical, red when mature, with a fine tip.
Produced in China's Yunnan, Tibet, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi; born under limestone forests or shrubs at an altitude of 580-2700 meters. Distributed in Shan State, Myanmar. The fragrant oil can be extracted from leaves, and it is commonly used in folk to make "fragrance" by crushing leaves. The leaves and bark are used for medicinal purposes.
