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Pistacia vera L.

Anacardiaceae

Pistache, Pistachio


We have information from several sources:

Mediterranean Fruits—Joan Tous and Louise Ferguson

New Subtropical Tree Crops in California—Louise Ferguson and Marylu Arpaia

Diversifying U.S. Crop Production—Jules Janick, Melvin G. Blase, Duane L. Johnson, Gary D. Jolliff, and Robert L. Myers

Food and feed crops of the United States. Magness, J.R., G.M. Markle, C.C. Compton. 1971.


Outside links:

California Pistachio Commission

Pistachio—from Mark Reiger, Dept of Horticulture, University of Georgia.

Pistachio Information from the University of California Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center

Pistachio—Descriptors for Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.)—Link to the publication on the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute web site