The list of nuts presented on this page encompasses all species. You'll find true species with hard shells, as well as the seeds and drupes we eat every day.
pistachio nut
Pistacia vera
shagbark hickory
Carya ovata
cork oak
Quercus suber
Common Hazel
Corylus avellana
Persian Walnut
Juglans regia
pecan
Carya illinoinensis
Sweet Chestnut
Castanea sativa
American hazelnut
Corylus americana
pignut hickory
Carya glabra
black walnut
Juglans nigra
Chinese chestnut
Castanea mollissima
shellbark hickory
Carya laciniosa
butternut
Juglans cinerea
Tea-oil Camellia
Camellia oleifera
Turkish hazelnut
Corylus colurna
Pindar
Arachis hypogaea
brazilnut
Bertholletia excelsa
bitternut hickory
Carya cordiformis
chinquapin
Castanea pumila
cashew
Anacardium occidentale
macadamia nut
Macadamia integrifolia
beaked hazelnut
Corylus cornuta
breadnut
Brosimum alicastrum
Almond
Prunus amygdalus
shea tree
Vitellaria paradoxa
Southern California walnut
Juglans californica
dwarf chinkapin oak
Quercus prinoides
Sacha Inchi
Plukenetia volubilis
Filbert
Corylus maxima
Harry Lauder's Walking Stick
Corylus avellana 'Contorta'
Manchurian walnut
Juglans mandshurica
Japanese stone oak
Lithocarpus edulis
black hickory
Carya texana
tonka bean
Dipteryx odorata
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
Arizona walnut
Juglans major
Northern California walnut
Juglans hindsii
Andean walnut
Juglans neotropica
Candlenut
Aleurites moluccanus
mockernut
Carya tomentosa
water hickory
Carya aquatica
macadamia nut
Macadamia tetraphylla
Siberian Pine
Pinus sibirica
Queensland Macadamia
Macadamia ternifolia
Japanese chestnut
Castanea crenata
Mexican pinyon
Pinus cembroides
Cream nut
Lecythis pisonis
Chilean Hazel
Gevuina avellana
ring-cup oak
Quercus glauca
African locust bean
Parkia biglobosa
pequi
Caryocar brasiliense
oilbean tree
Pentaclethra macrophylla
Seven Sisters' Fruit
Sterculia monosperma
Siberian hazelnut
Corylus heterophylla
paradise nut
Lecythis zabucajo
little walnut
Juglans microcarpa
giant chinquapin
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
lecythis
Lecythis minor
butter tree
Pentadesma butyracea
Polynesian Chestnut
Inocarpus fagifer
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Botanists are surprisingly picky about this word. A true nut is a hard, dry fruit that remains tightly closed, and acorns, hazelnuts, and chestnuts fit this definition. However, almost all nuts we snack on subtly violate this rule.
Almonds are actually seeds hidden inside drupes, cashews are fleshy fruits, and peanuts ripen underground as full-fledged legumes. The kitchen and the botanist rarely agree on this point.
Nut trees actually come in only a small number of genera. Some have just a few species, while others number in the dozens. Only a small group accounts for the majority of the world's commercial output, with almonds surpassing all other nuts in sales.
You'll find all nuts' names listed in the table below, each associated with its own plant family.
Genus | Approx. species | Note |
~20 | Farmed on most continents | |
~18 | Pecan is the prized crop | |
~15 | Huge harvests in Turkey | |
~9 | Best eaten roasted |
Nut species grow across the world in temperate and tropical zones. Walnuts and hazelnuts are widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, so their relatives crop up from North America through Europe and into Asia.
Other species occupy much narrower territories, such as the macadamia, which clings to a slim strip of eastern Australia. The Brazil nut is at the very narrowest end of this zone — it grows wild only in the Amazon and requires untouched forest to bear fruit. On this page you will find a complete list of nuts with pictures, so you can match each species to its shell at a glance.
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