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Pistachios

Pistacia vera
Pistacchio di Bronte.jpg
Pistacia vera (Kerman cultivar) fruits ripening
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Roasted pistachio seed with shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Pistacia
Species: P. vera
Binomial name
Pistacia vera
L.
Pistachio nuts, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 2,351 kJ (562 kcal)
27.51 g
Sugars 7.66 g
Dietary fiber 10.3 g
45.39 g
Saturated 5.556 g
Monounsaturated 23.820 g
Polyunsaturated 13.744 g
20.27 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv.
1205 μg
Thiamine (B1)
(76%)
0.87 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
(13%)
0.160 mg
Niacin (B3)
(9%)
1.300 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)
(10%)
0.52 mg
Vitamin B6
(131%)
1.700 mg
Folate (B9)
(13%)
51 μg
Vitamin B12
(0%)
0 μg
Vitamin C
(7%)
5.6 mg
Vitamin D
(0%)
0 μg
Vitamin E
(15%)
2.3 mg
Vitamin K
(13%)
13.2 μg
Minerals
Calcium
(11%)
105 mg
Iron
(30%)
3.92 mg
Magnesium
(34%)
121 mg
Manganese
(57%)
1.2 mg
Phosphorus
(70%)
490 mg
Potassium
(22%)
1025 mg
Zinc
(23%)
2.2 mg

Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient Database

The pistachio (/pɪˈstɑːʃiˌ, -ˈstæ-/,Pistacia vera), a member of the cashew family, is a small tree originating from Central Asia and the Middle East. The tree produces seeds that are widely consumed as food.

Pistacia vera often is confused with other species in the genus Pistacia that are also known as pistachio. These other species can be distinguished by their geographic distributions (in the wild) and their seeds which are much smaller and have a soft shell.

Archaeology shows that pistachio seeds were a common food as early as 6750 BC.Pliny the Elder writes in his Natural History that pistacia, "well known among us", was one of the trees unique to Syria, and that the seed was introduced into Italy by the Roman Proconsul in Syria, Lucius Vitellius the Elder (in office in 35 AD) and into Hispania at the same time by Flaccus Pompeius. The early sixth-century manuscript De observatione ciborum ("On the observance of foods") by Anthimus implies that pistacia remained well known in Europe in Late Antiquity. Archaeologists have found evidence from excavations at Jarmo in northeastern Iraq for the consumption of Atlantic pistachio. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were said to have contained pistachio trees during the reign of King Merodach-Baladan about 700 BC.


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