PISTACIA
The mighty pistachio
Catalog of available pistachios
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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)
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