A pecan (Carya illinoinensis) occurs as metal money of hickory native to southeastern North America, from southern Iowa and Indiana south to Texas and Mississippi. These are the deciduous tree, growing to 25–40 m in height, & may be grown roughly from either USDA hardiness zones 5 to 9, provided summers come likewise hot & humid.

A leaves are alternate, 40–70 cm hanker, & pinnated using 9–13 (seldom as much as Seventeen) leaflets, every leaflet Five–1Two cm yearn & 2–6 cm broad. A flowers are wind-pollinated catkins, and come self incompatible, therefore ii or even extra uncivilized trees or different cultivars must be present to pollenize each other. A fruit is an oval to oblong nut, 2.6–6 cm hanker & Unity.Five–Three cm wide, dark dark brown by using the rough in shell Three–Four millimetre midst, which splits bump off at maturity to release a thin-shelled nut.

the nuts of the Pecan come comestible, using a rich, buttery flavor. It may be eaten recently or even utilized around cooking, particularly in sweetly desserts but also around a select few savoury dishes. One of a usual sweet by using a pecan as a central ingredient is the pecan pie, a traditional southern U.S. formula. Additionally to a pecan nut, the wood of the pecan tree is as well utilized around making furniture, in hardwood flooring, when well as flavourer fuel for smoking meats.

A pecan is the state tree of Texas. Texas is besides a leading producer of pecan nuts in the United States, followed by Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Outside a United States, pecans come grown around Australia, Brazil, Israel, Mexico, Peru & South Africa.

A scientific title is ordinarily misspelled "illinoensis".

Of these's pronunciatiin of pecan depends on in which it're from either. Virtually all from either a northern states say "pee-CAN" or even "PEE-can" piece virtually all to the south (especially within Texas) say "puh-CAHN".