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What kind of fruit plant is pistachio?
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sapodilla

Latin scientific name

Manilkara zapota? (Linn.) van Royen

another/alternative name

Wu Feng persimmon, red iron fruit, exotic fruit, etc.

Native to tropical America, it is cultivated in China, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan (Xishuangbanna). Pistachio is a tropical fruit of the family Caprifoliaceae. Because the fruit of Pistachio looks like a human heart, it is named Pistachio. Because the fruit shape of pistachio is like persimmon, it can also be called "Wu Feng persimmon". It is a kind of fruit with high nutritional value. Fruit is edible, sweet and delicious; The milk of the trunk is the raw material of chewing gum; The oil content of seed kernel is 20%; Bark contains plant alkali, which can cure fever.