Anacardiaceae
Pistachio tree
Pistacia vera
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Pistacia
Pets and kids
- CatsNot sure
- DogsNot sure
- KidsNot sure
Why
Cats: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Dogs: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Kids: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.
Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.
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Common names
By language (90)
- Albanian
- Fëstëk
- Arabic
- فستق, الفستق, فستق حقيقي, فستق حلبي
- Armenian
- Պիստակ
- ary
- پيسطاش
- arz
- فزدق
- Asturian
- Pistachera
- azb
- اصل پوسته
- Azerbaijani
- Əsl püstə
- Bangla
- পেস্তা বাদাম
- Basque
- Pistatxondo
- Belarusian
- Фісташка сапраўдная
- Bosnian
- Pistacija
- Breton
- Pistachez
- Bulgarian
- Шамфъстък, Фисташка, Шам фъстък
- Burmese
- ပစ်စတာချိုပင်
- Cantonese
- 開心果
- Catalan
- Pistatxer, Festuc, Pistatxo
- Cebuano
- Pistatso, Alponsigo, Pistachio, Pistacho, Pistasyo
- Central Kurdish
- فستق
- Chinese
- 開心果, 阿月浑子, 阿月渾子, 开心果, 无名木皮, 无名子, 胡榛子
- Croatian
- Pistacija
- Czech
- Řečík pistáciový
- Danish
- Ægte Pistacie
- Divehi
- ޕިސްތާ ބަދަން
- Dutch
- Pistache, Echte pistache, Pistachenoot
- English
- Pistachio tree, Pistachio, Pistachio nut, The pistachio tree
- Esperanto
- Pistakujo
- Estonian
- Harilik pistaatsia
- Filipino
- Pistatso
- Finnish
- Mantelipistaasi, Pistaasi
- French
- Pistachier, Pistache, Pistachier commun, Pistachier cultivé, Pistachier d'Alep, Pistachier vrai
- Galician
- Pistacho
- Georgian
- Ფსტა, Ბუსტუღი
- German
- Pistazie, Alepponuss, Echte Pistazie, Grüne Mandel, Pistazienbaum
- glk
- پسته
- Greek
- Φιστικιά, Φυστικιά
- Gujarati
- પિસ્તા
- Haitian Creole
- Pistach
- Hebrew
- פיסטוק, אלה אמיתית, אלת הבטנה, פיסטוק חלבי, פיסטוק שאמי
- Hindi
- पिस्ता
- hsb
- Prawa pistacija
- hyw
- Պիստակ
- Indonesian
- Pistachio
- io
- Pistacho
- Irish
- Piostáis
- Italian
- Pistacho, Pistacchio
- Japanese
- ピスタチオ, ピスターチア・ヴェラ
- kaa
- Piste
- Kannada
- ಪಿಸ್ತಾ, ಪಿಸ್ತಾ ಮರ
- Kazakh
- Кәдімгі пыста
- Korean
- 피스타치오
- Kurdish
- Fistiq
- Kyrgyz
- Мисте
- lah
- پستہ
- Latin
- Pistachio
- Latvian
- Pistācija, Pistāciju koks, Īstā pistācija
- Luxembourgish
- Pistache, Pistasch, Pistazie
- Macedonian
- Ф’стак
- Malay
- Pistacio, Kacang cerdik
- Malayalam
- പിസ്താശി
- nan
- Tshiò-tāu, 笑豆
- Nepali
- पिस्ता
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Pistasj, Pistasjtre
- Occitan
- Pistacha
- Odia
- ପିସ୍ତା
- Persian
- پسته
- Polish
- Pistacja właściwa
- Portuguese
- Pistache, Pistáchio, Pistácio
- Punjabi
- ਪਿਸਤਾ
- roa
- Pistacchie
- Romanian
- Fistic
- Russian
- Фисташка настоящая, Фисташка
- sco
- Pistachio
- Serbian
- Пистаћ, Пистаћи
- Serbian (Latin)
- Pistacija
- Sindhi
- پستا
- Slovenian
- Prava pistacija, Prava pistacia
- Spanish
- Pistacho, Alfocigo, Alfoncigo, Alfoncigos, Alfonsic, Alfonsigo, Alfonsigos, Alfosigo
- Swedish
- Pistasch, Pistach, Pistage, Pistagemandel, Pistagenötter, Pistaschmandel, Pistaschnöt, Pistash
- Tajik
- Писта
- Tamil
- பசுங்கொட்டை
- Thai
- พิสตาชีโอ
- Turkish
- Antep fıstığı, Antepfıstığı
- Ukrainian
- Фісташка справжня
- Urdu
- پستہ
- Uyghur
- پىستە
- Vietnamese
- Hồ trăn, Hạt cười, Hạt dẻ cười
- vo
- Pistag
- Welsh
- Cneuen bistasio, Pistachio, Pistasio
- wuu
- 开心果
Synonyms
- Lentiscus vera Kuntze
- Pistacia badghysi K.P.Popov
- Pistacia macrophylla Pers.
- Pistacia narbonensis L.
- Pistacia nemausensis Req. ex Planch.
- Pistacia nigricans Crantz
- Pistacia officinarum Aiton
- Pistacia reticulata Willd.
- Pistacia trifolia L.
- Pistacia variifolia Salisb.
- Pistacia vera f. semidehiscens K.P.Popov
- Terebinthus pistacia Dum.Cours.
Photos
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Photo: Pedro J. Sola-Campoy, Francisca Robles, Trude Schwarzacher, Carmelo Ruiz Rejón, , CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Arkadiusz Nowak, Marcin Nobis, Sylwia Nowak, Agnieszka Nobis, Anna Wróbel, Sebas, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.