name: Pecan Nut

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name_scientific: Carya illinoinensis

description: The pecan (Carya illinoinensis) are the fruit of a kind of hickory tree, native to North America and Mexico. Pecans were one of the most recently domesticated major crops. Although wild pecans were well known among native and colonial Americans as a delicacy, the commercial growing of pecans in the United States did not begin until the 1880s. Today, the U.S. produces between 80% and 95% of the world's pecans, with an annual crop of 150–200 thousand tons. In 100 g, pecans provide 691 Calories and over 100% of the Daily Value (DV) for total fat. Pecans are a rich source of dietary fiber (38% DV), manganese (214% DV), magnesium (34% DV), phosphorus (40% DV), zinc (48% DV) and thiamin (57% DV).[20] Pecans are also a good source (10-19% DV) of protein, iron, and B vitamins. Their fat content consists mainly of monounsaturated fatty acids, mainly oleic acid (57% of total fat), and the polyunsaturated fatty acid linoleic acid (30% of total fat) [Wikipedia]

itis_id: 19234

wikipedia_id: Pecan_nut

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picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:57.000Z

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food_group: Nuts

food_subgroup: Nuts

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:17.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:14.000Z

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ncbi_taxonomy_id: 32201

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