What is the pistachio?

part of the cashew family, pistacia is a genus containing 11 species of flowering plants. The only kind of family, mostly from Europe and Asia, can be found natively in North America and the Canary Islands. Types pistacia can be trees or shrubs and some are used as landscape trees or for their nuts, commonly called pistachios. They require bright sunlight and often tolerant. Although they can survive in many soils, they do best in deep, well -drained areas. These plants have gender and only if male and female plants are present, have trees of fruit. It is commonly called the Tharian tree, lentiscus is an irregularly shaped still -green shrub, but can be trained to look like a tree. The tlists are elongated, about 2 inches (5 cm) long, and on both sides of the stem are three to five pairs. Fruits are usually red or black berries. When this plant is left as a shrub, it is good for securing, otherwise the location near the terrace or pool is idealand. This resin is called Mastic, which was used in dentistry to fill the cavities and in surgery as a protective cover for wounds. Since the 13th century, in some countries, it has been used to treat stomachs as well as for high blood pressure.

Chinensis pistachio or Chinese pistachios, comes from China, but has been successfully transplanted to other parts of the world. Chinese pistachios are particularly valued for its brilliant red, yellow or orange color in the fall and the natural oval growth of its branches. The tree grows 25-35 feet (7.6-10.6 m) tall and produces small blue or red fruit. Its flowers are also small and greenish.

used for commercial pistachio production, pistacia vera is generally grown in orchards in the southwestern United States. These trees are often called simply a pistachios plant, can be up to 30 feet (9.1 m) high, with gray leaves. The matrix is ​​actually withEMEN red fruit that appears on trees in clusters similar to grapes. The oblong nuts are closed in ivory color and in good vegetation periods, the shell is naturally divided longitudinally before they are packed and distributed. Pistachio matrix is ​​oil -rich nuts, with 55 percent of their structure.