156 FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 
Fig. 135. The poison ivy (Rhus radicans). After Britton & Brown, Ill. Fl. Northeast. U. S. 
ing. Pistache nuts are the product of a species of Pistacia, native of 
western Asia. The mango, that most delicious of tropical fruits, is 
yielded by Mangifera Indica, a handsome tree with deep green foliage. 
The odor of turpentine so noticeable in the outer skin of the mango is ' 
significant of a property common to nearly all Anacardiaceous trees, 
and a great variety of varnishes, resins and the like are obtained from 
them. : 
