The leaves of balsam wood are even pinnate compound leaves. The leaves are alternate, with 4 to 9 pairs of leaflets, narrow wings on the leaf axis, grooves on the top, gray pubescence, hairy petioles, leathery leaflets, oblong or oblong in the shape of an inverted egg, growing about 1.3 to 3.5 cm, 0.8 to 1.5 cm wide. The leaf apex is emarginate, and the base is broad wedge.
Capsaicin's pinnate compound leaves are odd. The base of the leaves has two short thorns. The leaflets are opposite and obovate. They grow about 0.7 to 1 cm. The leaves are leathery and glossy.
The order of Pistacia weinmannifolia flowers is usually axillary, with leaves, the flowers are very small, the color is purplish red, there is no pedicel.
The flowers of capsaicin are dioecious. The male flowers are yellow and the female flowers are orange red.