What are the latest places of origin for pistachios?
Pistachio is also known as a yue hun zi, hu bang zi, wu ming zi, bi si da, green kernel fruit, etc. It is a plant of the genus Pistacia in the family Anacardiaceae, similar to ginkgo nut but different in that it splits open with a seam. It is mainly produced in Syria, Iraq, Iran, the southwestern part of the former Soviet Union and southern Europe, and is also produced in Xinjiang, China. Let us take a look at the distribution of pistachio's places of origin below!
Distribution of pistachio's places of origin
The pistachio's place of origin is Iran. It is now distributed in Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries. There is also a certain planted area in the southwestern United States and California. It has also been widely cultivated in Russia and Xinjiang and other places in mainland China.
The environment of pistachio's places of origin
The pistachio tree has characteristics such as extreme drought tolerance, tolerance of poor and thin soil, heat resistance and cold resistance, and can be planted for afforestation in arid, semi-arid, dry-hot valley areas, semi-desert zones and hilly slopes. In the central and western regions of our country, northern Shaanxi, the Hetao region of Inner Mongolia, Jirim League, Chifeng, Gansu, Ningxia, Hebei, the Xichang area of Sichuan and the relatively arid zones bordering Yunnan and Guizhou can all introduce and cultivate it as a dryland orchard tree species.
Excellent varieties of pistachio
1. Long-fruited pistachio: The fruit shape of the long-fruited pistachio is long ovoid, with a red blush surrounding the fruit. The tip of the fruit is pointed. The longitudinal diameter is 2.5 cm and the transverse diameter is 1.1 cm. The tree's fruit-setting rate is very high, and it has strong high-yield performance. It is a large-fruited variety, grows vigorously and has the most promising development prospects.
2. Early-maturing pistachio: The tree vigor of the early-maturing pistachio tree is relatively weak. The branches of the fruit tree are curved and drooping. The fruit shows lenticels. The lenticels are white in color, and the shape of the fruit lenticels is round and very prominent. The fruit-setting rate is medium. The produced fruit is approximately oval. The longitudinal diameter is 1.9 cm and the transverse diameter is 1.0 cm. At the tip and sunny side of the fruit, a red color appears, and the peel stripes on the fruit are obvious.
3. Short-fruited pistachio: The tree vigor of the short-fruited pistachio tree is medium. The leaf surface is relatively smooth, with sparse down covering it. The fruit-setting rate is relatively low. The produced fruit is ovoid, and the fruit color is yellow-white. The longitudinal diameter is 2.1 cm and the transverse diameter is 1.3 cm.
4. Notrorolo: The Notrorolo fruit tree belongs to the Central Asian group. The pistachio fruit it produces is relatively large, the flavor of the fruit is not very good, and the seed in the fruit is green and the cracking rate is high.
5. Dahan: The growth vigor of the Dahan fruit tree is very vigorous and it belongs to a late-flowering variety. The fruit produced has the characteristics of high quality, high yield and large fruit size, and its quality ranks among the best among pistachios.
6. Kerman: The Kerman fruit tree is a female plant and has the characteristics of large fruit and high yield. Bearing fruit every other year is serious and is one of the phenomena of this fruit tree. Empty shells and fruit shells that do not crack are the remaining phenomena. The fruit tree grows very vigorously. Late flowering, high-quality fruit, large fruit and high yield, these are the advantages. The single kernel weight of the fruit is 1.3 grams, and the kernel is green with good quality.
7. Saryle: The tree vigor of the Saryle fruit tree is moderate, and it has the characteristics of strong high-yield performance and easy fruit setting. The fruit-setting rate is very high. Large fruit, white kernel and top-grade quality are all characteristics of this fruit.