id: 140
name: Pistachios
flavor_bible_name_variants: nuts pistachios,oil pistachio,pistachios
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status: draft
source: foodb,flavor_bible
food_db_name: Pistachio
flavor_db_name_variants: pistachio
name_scientific: Pistacia vera
description: The pistachio, Pistacia vera in the Anacardiaceae family, is a small tree originally from Greater Iran which now can also be found in regions of Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Tunisia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Italy, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan (especially in the provinces of Samangan and Badghis), and the United States, specifically in California. The tree produces an important culinary nut. Pistacia vera often is confused with other species in the genus Pistacia that are also known as pistachio. These species can be distinguished from P. vera by their geographic distributions (in the wild) and their nuts which are much smaller, have a strong flavor of turpentine, and have a shell that is not hard.
itis_id: 506470
wikipedia_id: Pistachio
picture_file_name: 140.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 83025
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:30:19.000Z
legacy_id: 148
food_group: Nuts
food_subgroup: Nuts
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:22.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:17.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 55513
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00140