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Pistachio
Pistachio
Pistacia vera
Plantae
NEAR THREATENED

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 300 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate desert
Range
Central Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Near Threatened

About

The pistachio tree produces clusters of small hard-shelled nuts whose green and purple kernels split open naturally when ripe — a rare trait among nuts that signals they are ready to harvest without any cracking.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Anacardiaceae
Genus
Pistacia
Species
Pistacia vera