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Yunnan Nut Network (nut.yn.cn) — from source to shelf, from origin to global markets, we partner with thousands of Yunnan nut enterprises to build the official platform and digital infrastructure of the Yunnan nut industry: a digital bridge that precisely connects global buying demand with Yunnan’s nut production capacity. Every Yunnan nut deserves a trustworthy buyer and seller. For global buyers (domestic included), this is the fastest, most accurate and most reliable gateway to Yunnan’s nut industry. For Yunnan suppliers, this is the digital expressway that carries premium nut capacity out of Yunnan and onto the global stage.
Yunnan Nuts, A Gift of Mountains, Rivers and Time
A Gift from Wild Yunnan, Carried Across Millennia
Between 21° and 29° north latitude in Yunnan, every nut carries the story of mountains, rivers and time. This is the origin of the world's deep-line walnut, with scientific records of natural distribution dating back 26,000 years — and the 'second home' where macadamia, after crossing the oceans, has grown into the world's largest producing region. From the red sandy soils of Menglian at 1,000 m to the pine forests of Lijiang at 2,500 m, the depth of time is sealed into every kernel — this is where Yunnan nuts truly come from.
Deep-Line Walnut · Ancient Trees Bearing Fruit Year After Year
In Yangbi, Yunnan, ancient walnut wood unearthed in 1980 was carbon-14 dated, proving walnuts grew here 3,500 years ago. Yangbi is the only county named 'Home of Chinese Walnuts' by the State Council — 180,000 ancient walnut trees over a century old still survive there, and a 1,179-year-old tree in Guangming Village still bears fruit every year. Local cultivation spans over 1,600 years: from wild to domesticated, generations of mountain dwellers have kept watch over this home of the 'longevity nut'.
Macadamia · Rooted After Crossing the Oceans
In 1991, 404 seedlings of five macadamia varieties crossed the ocean from Queensland and took root in Yongde, Lincang, Yunnan. Three decades on, Lincang's macadamia acreage has reached 2.63 million mu — about 40% of the world and 53% of China. In 2025, Lincang macadamia was granted National Geographical Indication protection, transformed from 'foreign seeds' into a treasured local specialty. A macadamia tree bears fruit for 50 to 70 years — a truly intergenerational green industry.
Seven-Color Peanut · The Colors of a Dai King
In the high-mountain red sandy soils of Menglian, Pu'er, grows a peanut whose kernels are mottled purple-red, pale pink and milky white. Legend tells that a Dai king discovered it while touring the mountains — crisp and sweet raw, mellow when dried — and decreed it a royal delicacy that none outside the palace might plant. Kept quietly in the deep mountains for 700 years, it earned a National Geographical Indication trademark in 2021 as 'Menglian Hua Peanut'. The colors come from natural anthocyanin deposits — rich in selenium and anthocyanin — poetry written by nature into a seed.
Pecan · Half a Century of Patience
In 1974, the Yangbi Walnut Research Institute of Yunnan introduced pecan seedlings from the United States, beginning a 50-year journey of introduction and domestication. Over those decades, 74 germplasm resources have been systematically preserved, and 11 improved varieties including 'Fukete' and 'Jinhua' have been bred. Today pecans have spread to over 1 million mu across Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan and ten-plus provinces, with Yunnan's river valleys at 1,200–1,700 m their golden home. Kernel oleic acid reaches 64% — two to three times that of ordinary walnut oil — the answer Yunnan's scientists wrote over half a century.
Yunnan Pine Nuts · A Gift from the Deep Mountains
In the conifer forests at 1,500–2,500 m — Lijiang's Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Chuxiong's Dayao, Nujiang's Laowo — Chinese white pines grow generation after generation. Every late autumn, Yi and Lisu communities climb the trees to gather cones, using the ancient water-settling craft: sinking the nuts in water to sort out the fullest ones. The Compendium of Materia Medica praises pine nuts for 'moistening the five organs and dispelling wind and cold', honouring them as the 'longevity nut'. In Yunnan, every pine nut comes from a strictly guarded green mountain.
Why Yunnan
Yunnan's latitude, altitude, sunshine and rain, together with the planting wisdom passed down through generations, seal every fruit in its own time. At Yunnan Nuts, we present these 'gifts of time' to buyers and consumers worldwide — they come from a mountain, a forest, a tree, and a story that travels from ancient times to today.