Shelled European pine nuts (Pinus pinea)

Conifer nuts are the edible seeds of conifers. The most notable of these are pine nuts (family Pinaceae), but also include Araucaria nuts (family Araucariaceae) and Torreya nuts (Family Taxaceae). If gnetophytes are nested within the conifers, this group would also include melinjo (Gnetum gnemon) nuts and the seeds of other Gnetum species. As all come from gymnosperms, these are only nuts in a culinary sense, not in a botanical sense.

"Many pine species bear edible nuts: the best known is the Mediterranean stone pine, Pinus pinea. Other nuts that were locally used, and are now traded, include Pinus edulis, in the southeast USA, and P. koraiensis in China. The similar nuts of another conifer, the monkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana, are collected in Chile." "Araucaria nuts are most commonly eaten cooked..."

Pine nuts

Araucaria nuts

Araucaria angustifolia nuts

Araucaria bidwillii, Araucaria araucana, and Araucaria angustifolia

Torreya nuts

Roasted Torreya grandis nuts

Torreya grandis, Torreya nucifera, Torreya californica, Torreya taxifolia (edible but not typically eaten due to being critically endangered)

Gnetum nuts

Jaja Melinjo, a traditional Balinese snack food made with Gnetum gnemon nuts

Gnetum gnemon, Gnetum africanum, Gnetum macrostachyum, Gnetum edule

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