Mexican Pine Nut (Pinus cembroides)

Family: Pinaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: Red, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Late Summer, Fall, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood. — Seed - the oily seed kernel is eaten raw, roasted, ground into a powder for making bread, cakes etc or made into a nut butter.; An excellent flavour.; A good size, the seeds are up to 15mm long.; Said to be the highest in protein and lowest in starch of all the piñons.

Habitat & North American Range

Hot arid mountain slopes above 2000 metres, with juniper and scrub oak. Usually in poor, shallow, rocky or gravelly soils. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)