List of Culinary Nuts - Nut-like Angiosperm Seeds

Nut-like Angiosperm Seeds

These culinary nuts are seeds contained within a larger fruit.

• Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa) are harvested from an estimated 250,000–400,000 trees per year. Highly valued edible nut used in the confectionery and baking trades. Excellent dietary source of selenium.
• Macadamia (Macadamia spp.) are primarily produced in Hawai'i and Australia. Both species are native to Australia. They are a highly valued edible nut. Waste nuts are commonly used to extract an edible oil.
  • Macadamia nut (Macadamia tetraphylla) has a rough shell, and is the subject of some commercialization.
  • Queensland macadamia nut (Macadamia integrifolia) has a smooth shell, and is the principal commercial macadamia nut.
• Paradise nut (Lecythis usitata), native to the Amazon rain forest, highly regarded by indigenous tribal people.
• Peanut, or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), originally from South America, has grown from a relatively minor crop to one of the most important commercial nut crops, in part due to the work of George Washington Carver at the beginning of the 20th century.
• Peanut tree (Sterculia quadrifida) or bush peanut, native to Australia. One of the tastiest native nuts. Requires no preparation.
• Soybeans (Glycine max) are used as a nut, in addition to their use as oil seeds.