PISTACIA

The mighty pistachio

Catalog of available pistachios

If you would like to submit a request for plant material, please visit our Products & Services page for an order form

The genus Pistacia is a member of the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to the Near East and Western Asia. It has been an important crop for the Mediterranean area for more than 3500 years. It is a dioecious evergreen with small apetalous flowers. The fruit is a drupe and the seed within the shell is a pistachio nut.

Questions about our pistachio collection can be directed to Malli Aradhya

Links to non-federal pistachio related sites:

California Rare Fruit Growers

Purdue Horticulture Department

Eagle Ranch Pistachios

California Pistachio Commission

Some information for this page was obtained from: Evolution of Crop Plants. N. W. Simmonds. Longman Group Limited. London and New York. 1976

 Crop Pages

Actinidia (kiwifruit)   Cudrania (mulberry relative)   Diospyros (persimmon)   Ficus (fig)    Juglans (walnut)   Olea (olives)   Morus (mulberry)   Pistacia (pistachio)   Prunus (peach, plum, apricot, cherry, almond, and related species)   Pterocarya (walnut relative)   Punica (pomegranate)   Vitis (grape)