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The species that yields the pistachio nut of commerce is P. vera, native to Asia Minor, Syria, and Palestine.
vera from Syria and parts east is distinguished by tending to have only three leaflets and, of course, the much larger fruits containing the popular pistachio nuts of commerce. In Persia the name was 'pistah.
Commercial Potential: Pistachio nuts are considered one of the prime edible nuts, along with almonds, macadamias and cashews.
They are nutritious, with slightly more protein than pistachio nuts and cashews, and more oil than either, while being very low in carbohydrate. They are extremely high in calcium, manganese, copper and iron.
Pistachio, Common Pistache, Common Pistachio, Green-Almond, Pistache, Pistachio Nut
Common Names in Finnish:
Mantelipistaasi, Pistaasimanteli ...
Chinese pistache, Chinese pistachio, Chinese pistacia, green almond, mastic tree, pistachio, pistachio nut tree
Family
Anacardiaceae ...
The seeds are reputedly edible, with an oily pistachio flavor, but so small they are never used as food. They were formerly part of Native America's diet, & the French in Canada called the shrub Pistachier Noir, the black pistachio nut, ...
Pistacia vera is the species that produces the commercial pistachio nut.
Pistacia: from pistake, the Greek work for nut, derived fro a Persian name (Stearn, 1996)
Pistacia chinensis [Chinese Pistache, Chinese Pistachio] Common Name List ...
Goats browse the leaves; however, the small seeds are often empty and unimportant as food for wildlife or people. Pistachio nuts are from the related Common Pistache (Pistacia vera), native of western Asia.
the bases of the fronds, collected in late summer, scraped when fresh (not peeled), cut up into pieces 2 to 3 inches long and then dried, when they present a wrinkled appearance externally and internally and should have the colour of pistachio nuts.
 See also: Pistachio, Green, Nuts, May, Stock
  
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