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‘The Pistacio Nut’ is cultivated in Baluchistan for its edible fruit. Yaltirik (l.c.) mentions that in nature it hybridises with Pistacia khinjuk and Pistacia atlantica.
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Tree 6-10 m tall. Leaves odd pinnate. Leaflets 3-10 in number, 55-90 (-100) x 30-65 mm, ovate to suborbiculate, veins prominent. Rachis barely winged, pubescent. Drupe ovoid-oblong, 12-30 x 10-12 mm, apiculate.
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Distribution: Iran, Afghanistan, C. Asia. Cultivated in the Mediterranean region.
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Fl. Per.: May.
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Pistachio (Pistacia vera) is one of around a dozen species in the genus Pistacia and the only member of the genus that is cultivated and grown commercially. Pistachio trees grow wild in the Middle East and Central Asia as far east as Pakistan and India. The nuts of wild Pistachio trees have been an important food for migratory nomads in Iran and Afghanistan. Major centers of commercial production are Iran, Turkey, and California (U.S.A.) (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAOSTAT website, 2010 data). The species was probably domesticated in central Asia. The green kernels of pistachios have a distinctive and widely appreciated flavor. They contain around 18% protein and 55% unsaturated oil, but because of the value of the nuts as snack/dessert nuts, the oil is not extracted commercially. The nuts are sold raw or salted in their shells and are used in ice cream, baked goods, salads, and other culinary applications. The shells split longitudinally prior to harvest, making them easy to remove, which makes the nuts appealing sold in their shells. Pistachio is a deciduous tree, up to 10 m in height, The large leaves have three to seven ovate leaflets, each 5 to 10 cm long. The flowers are borne in axillary racemes. The species is dioecious, i.e., male and female flowers are borne on different individual trees. The fruit is an ovoid drupe containing the edible seed (which is a "nut" in the culinary sense, but not in the botanical sense). (Vaughan and Geissler 1997)
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P. vera goes by many common names, such as Common Pistache, Pistachio Nut, Terebinth Nut or Green Almond. Although it has been associated with traditional medicinal uses in China and India, it is most widely bought and sold for use in food (Khare 2007). The seeds yield 40% non- drying oil but the oil is not commercially produced because the seed already has such a high commercial value on its own (Facciola 1990). Additionally, male trees yield a small amount of high quality resin that is used as an ingredient in paints and lacquers (Lim 2012; Komarov 2000).

Native to the Eastern Mediterranean, Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asian countries, P. vera is cultivated agriculturally in the Near East, Mediterranean Europe, California and North India, but is still gathered from wild trees by locals in some regions such as by tribes men of the Balcochistan Province of Pakistan (Khare 2007; Ciesla 2002). Iran, Turkey, Syria and the United States produce 90 % of the world’s pistachios and world production is increasing (Ciesla 2002).

Pistachio nuts (also known as kernels) are typically eaten whole, and may be eaten fresh or roasted, with salt, no seasoning, or as part of a dessert. For instance, in the Midwestern United States they are often eaten fresh, in salads, as part of pistachio pudding, with cool whip, and canned fruit, or with cottage cheese and marshmallow, and they are sometimes mixed with fruits to create a strong marmalade. The nuts of P. vera are commonly used in ice cream, sweets, meat dishes, pies, cakes and confections like baklava but are also used in salty foods, like the Italian cold cut sausage mortadella. In Greece, the entire unripe nut is used to prepare traditional “spoon sweets”—sweets served to guests in teaspoonfuls because they are too sweet to be served in larger portions. Specifically in Chios, Greece, the flesh surrounding the nut is cooked and preserved in syrup and offered to guests (Lim 2012).

In traditional Indian medicine, the kernel is used for cardiac and brain tonics and as a sedative while the flowers are prescribed for leucorrhoea. The husk is also taken against dysentery and the in the event of stomatitis and tonsillitis for which the husk is meant to act as an astringent (Khare 2012). In China it is used to treat abdominal ailments, abscesses, amenorrhea, bruises, chest ailments, circulation, dysentery, rheumatism, sclerosis of the liver and sores from trauma (Lim 2012).

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Pistachio

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The pistachio (/pɪˈstɑːʃi, -ˈstæʃ-/ pist-A(H)SH-ee-oh;[2] Pistacia vera), a member of the cashew family, is a small tree originating from an area that includes Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Iran. The tree produces seeds that are widely consumed as food.

Etymology

Pistachio is from late Middle English pistace, from Old French, superseded in the 16th century by forms from Italian pistacchio, via Latin from Greek πιστάκιον pistákion, and from Middle Persian pistakē.[3]

History

The pistachio tree is native to regions of Central Asia, including present-day Iran and Afghanistan.[4][5][6][7] Archaeology shows that pistachio seeds were a common food as early as 6750 BCE.[8] The earliest evidence of pistachio consumption goes back to the Bronze Age Central Asia and comes from Djarkutan, modern Uzbekistan.[9][10]

Pistachio trees were introduced from Asia to Europe in the first century AD by the Romans. They are cultivated across Southern Europe and North Africa.[11]

Theophrastus described it as a terebinth-like tree with almond-like nuts from Bactria.[12]

It appears in Dioscorides' writings as pistákia (πιστάκια), recognizable as P. vera by its comparison to pine nuts.[13]

Pliny the Elder wrote 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.[14]

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.

An article on pistachio tree cultivation was brought down in Ibn al-'Awwam's 12th-century agricultural work, Book on Agriculture.[15]

Archaeologists have found evidence from excavations at Jarmo in northeastern Iraq for the consumption of Atlantic pistachio.[8]

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were said to have contained pistachio trees during the reign of King Marduk-apla-iddina II about 700 BCE.[8]

In the 19th century, the pistachio was cultivated commercially in parts of the English-speaking world, such as Australia and in the US in New Mexico[16] and California, where it was introduced in 1854 as a garden tree.[17]

In 1904 and 1905, David Fairchild of the United States Department of Agriculture introduced hardier cultivars to California collected from China, but it was not promoted as a commercial crop until 1929.[16][18] Walter T. Swingle's pistachios from Syria had already fruited well at Niles, California, by 1917.[19]

In 1969 and 1971, changes to the tax code in the United States eliminated tax shelters for almonds and citrus fruits. That encouraged California farmers to plant pistachio trees, because they were still eligible for such tax breaks. In 1972, the Shah of Iran began a school breakfast program that included packets of pistachios. This resulted in a decline of pistachio exports from Iran, resulting in increased prices in other countries and additional incentives to plant pistachio trees in California.[20] The first commercial pistachio harvest in California took place in 1976.[21] The Shah was forced into exile in January, 1979 during the Iranian Revolution, resulting in an end to trade between the United States and Iran, providing additional incentives for American farmers to plant dramatically more pistachio trees.[20]

By 2008, U.S. pistachio production rivaled that of Iran. Drought and unusually cold weather in Iran led to severe declines in production there, while U.S. production was increasing. At that time, pistachios were Iran's #2 export product, after the oil and gas sector.[22]

By 2020, there were 150,000 pistachio farmers in Iran, approximately 70% of whom were small-scale producers using inefficient manual picking and processing techniques. There were 950 far larger U.S. producers, using highly efficient mechanized production techniques. Between them, the U.S. and Iran control 70% of the world export market, with the U.S. in the lead. Worldwide demand exceeds production, so both countries have the ability to sell their production to various export markets.[21]

In 2021, Fresno County, California accounted for about 40% of U.S. pistachio production, with a value of $722 million.[23]

Botany

Habitat

Pistachio is a desert plant and is highly tolerant of saline soil. It has been reported to grow well when irrigated with water having 3,000–4,000 ppm of soluble salts.[16] Pistachio trees are fairly hardy in the right conditions and can survive temperatures ranging between −10 °C (14 °F) in winter and 48 °C (118 °F) in summer. They need a sunny position and well-drained soil. Pistachio trees do poorly in conditions of high humidity and are susceptible to root rot in winter if they get too much water and the soil is not sufficiently free-draining. Long, hot summers are required for proper ripening of the fruit.

Dormant 'Kerman' Variety growing in California
Dormant 'Kerman' Variety, California

Characteristics

The tree grows up to 10 m (33 ft) tall. It has deciduous, pinnate leaves 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 in) long. The plants are dioecious, with separate male and female trees. The flowers are apetalous and unisexual and borne in panicles.

Pistachio, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
Torbat-e Heydarieh, Razavi Khorasan, Iran

The fruit is a drupe, containing an elongated seed, which is the edible portion. The seed, commonly thought of as a nut, is a culinary nut, not a botanical nut. The fruit has a hard, cream-colored exterior shell. The seed has a mauve-colored skin and light green flesh, with a distinctive flavor. When the fruit ripens, the shell changes from green to an autumnal yellow/red and abruptly splits partly open. This is known as dehiscence, and happens with an audible pop. The splitting open is a trait that has been selected by humans.[24] Commercial cultivars vary in how consistently they split open.

Each mature pistachio tree averages around 50 kg (110 lb) of seeds, or around 50,000, every two years.[25]

Cultivation

The pistachio tree may live up to 300 years.[26] The trees are planted in orchards, and take around 7 to 10 years to reach significant production. Production is alternate-bearing or biennial-bearing, meaning the harvest is heavier in alternate years. Peak production is reached around 20 years. Trees are usually pruned to size to make the harvest easier. One male tree produces enough pollen for 8 to 12 drupe-bearing females. Harvesting in the United States and in Greece is often accomplished using equipment to shake the drupes off the tree. After hulling and drying, pistachios are sorted according to open-mouth and closed-mouth shells, then roasted or processed by special machines to produce pistachio kernels.

In California, almost all female pistachio trees are the 'Kerman' cultivar, from Kerman, Iran. A scion from a mature female 'Kerman' is grafted onto a one-year-old rootstock.

Diseases and environment

Pistachio trees are vulnerable to numerous diseases and infestation by insects such as Leptoglossus clypealis in North America.[27] Among these is infection by the fungus Botryosphaeria, which causes panicle and shoot blight (symptoms include death of the flowers and young shoots), and can damage entire pistachio orchards.[28] In 2004, the rapidly growing pistachio industry in California was threatened by panicle and shoot blight first discovered in 1984.[29] In 2011, anthracnose fungus caused a sudden 50% loss in the Australian pistachio harvest.[30] Several years of severe drought in Iran around 2008 to 2015 caused significant declines in production.[31]

Production

In 2020, global production of pistachios was about 1.1 million metric tons (1,100,000 long tons; 1,200,000 short tons), with the United States and Turkey as leading producers, together accounting for 68% of the total (table). Secondary producers were Iran, China, and Syria.[32]

A 2020 report indicated that nearly half of the global production of pistachios in 2019 came from the United States, with production in Iran falling to as low as 7% due to US trade sanctions against Iran, climate change, and weak economic and water management in Iran.[33][34] Efforts to grow pistachios for international markets were made during 2019 in Georgia and adjacent Caucasus countries.[33] More organic production is being promoted in Spain.[35]

Consumption

Pistachio Turkish delight

The kernels are often eaten whole, either fresh or roasted and salted, and are also used in pistachio ice cream, kulfi, spumoni, pistachio butter,[36][37] pistachio paste,[38] and confections such as baklava, pistachio chocolate,[39] pistachio halva,[40] pistachio lokum or biscotti, and cold cuts such as mortadella. Americans make pistachio salad, which includes fresh pistachios or pistachio pudding, whipped cream, and canned fruit.[41]

The shell of the pistachio is naturally a beige color, but it may be dyed red or green in commercial pistachios. Originally, dye was applied to hide stains on the shells caused when the nuts were picked by hand.[42] In the 21st century, most pistachios are harvested by machine and the shells remain unstained.[42]

Nutrition

Raw pistachios are 4% water, 45% fat, 28% carbohydrates, and 20% protein (table). In a 100-gram reference amount, pistachios provide 2,351 kilojoules (562 kcal) of food energy and are a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value or DV) of protein, dietary fiber, several dietary minerals, and the B vitamins thiamin (76% DV) and vitamin B6 (131% DV) (table).[43] Pistachios are a moderate source (10–19% DV) of calcium, riboflavin, vitamin B5, folate, vitamin E, and vitamin K (table).

The fat profile of raw pistachios consists of saturated fats, monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats.[43][44] Saturated fatty acids include palmitic acid (10% of total) and stearic acid (2%).[44] Oleic acid is the most common monounsaturated fatty acid (51% of total fat)[44] and linoleic acid, a polyunsaturated fatty acid, is 31% of total fat.[43] Relative to other tree nuts, pistachios have a lower amount of fat and food energy but higher amounts of potassium, vitamin K, γ-tocopherol, and certain phytochemicals such as carotenoids, and phytosterols.[45][46]

Research and health effects

Salted pistachio nuts in West Bengal, India.

In July 2003, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved the first qualified health claim specific to consumption of seeds (including pistachios) to lower the risk of heart disease: "Scientific evidence suggests but does not prove that eating 1.5 ounces (42.5 g) per day of most nuts, such as pistachios, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease".[47] Although a typical serving of pistachios supplies substantial food energy (nutrition table), their consumption in normal amounts is not associated with weight gain or obesity.[45]

One review found that pistachio consumption lowered blood pressure in persons without diabetes mellitus.[48] A 2021 review found that pistachio consumption for three months or less significantly reduced triglyceride levels.[49]

Toxin and safety concerns

As with other tree seeds, aflatoxin is found in poorly harvested or processed pistachios. Aflatoxins are potent carcinogenic chemicals produced by molds such as Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus. The mold contamination may occur from soil, poor storage, and spread by pests. High levels of mold growth typically appear as gray to black filament-like growth. Eating mold-infected and aflatoxin-contaminated pistachios is unsafe.[50] Aflatoxin contamination is a frequent risk, particularly in warmer and humid environments. Food contaminated with aflatoxins has been found as the cause of frequent outbreaks of acute illnesses in parts of the world. In some cases, such as Kenya, this has led to several deaths.[51]

Pistachio shells typically split naturally prior to harvest, with a hull covering the intact seeds. The hull protects the kernel from invasion by molds and insects, but this hull protection can be damaged in the orchard by poor orchard management practices, by birds, or after harvest, which makes exposure to contamination much easier. Some pistachios undergo so-called "early split", wherein both the hull and the shell split. Damage or early splits can lead to aflatoxin contamination.[52] In some cases, a harvest may be treated to keep contamination below strict food safety thresholds; in other cases, an entire batch of pistachios must be destroyed because of aflatoxin contamination.

Like other members of the family Anacardiaceae (which includes poison ivy, sumac, mango, and cashew), pistachios contain urushiol, an irritant that can cause allergic reactions.[53]

See also

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The pistachio (/pɪˈstɑːʃioʊ, -ˈstæʃ-/ pist-A(H)SH-ee-oh; Pistacia vera), a member of the cashew family, is a small tree originating from an area that includes Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Iran. The tree produces seeds that are widely consumed as food.

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