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| Name | Pecan nut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Carya illinoinensis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | The pecan (Carya illinoinensis) are the fruit of a kind of hickory tree, native to North America and Mexico. Pecans were one of the most recently domesticated major crops. Although wild pecans were well known among native and colonial Americans as a delicacy, the commercial growing of pecans in the United States did not begin until the 1880s. Today, the U.S. produces between 80% and 95% of the world's pecans, with an annual crop of 150–200 thousand tons. In 100 g, pecans provide 691 Calories and over 100% of the Daily Value (DV) for total fat. Pecans are a rich source of dietary fiber (38% DV), manganese (214% DV), magnesium (34% DV), phosphorus (40% DV), zinc (48% DV) and thiamin (57% DV).[20] Pecans are also a good source (10-19% DV) of protein, iron, and B vitamins. Their fat content consists mainly of monounsaturated fatty acids, mainly oleic acid (57% of total fat), and the polyunsaturated fatty acid linoleic acid (30% of total fat) [Wikipedia] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00044 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Group | Nuts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Nuts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Order | Fagales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Family | Juglandaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genus | Carya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Species | illinoinensis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 19234 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Pecan_nut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008). — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Rothwell JA, Pérez-Jiménez J, Neveu V, Medina-Ramon A, M'Hiri N, Garcia Lobato P, Manach C, Knox K, Eisner R, Wishart D, Scalbert A. (2013) Phenol-Explorer 3.0: a major update of the Phenol-Explorer database to incorporate data on the effects of food processing on polyphenol content. Database, 10.1093/database/bat070. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||