- Juglans mandshurica
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Manchurian Walnut 
Manchurian walnut Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Fagales Family: Juglandaceae Genus: Juglans Species: J. mandshurica Binomial name Juglans mandshurica
Maxim.[1]Juglans mandshurica, the Manchurian walnut, is a deciduous tree of the genus Juglans (section Cardiocaryon), native to the Eastern Asiatic Region (China, Russian Far East, North Korea and South Korea). It grows to about 25 m.
The leaves are alternate, 40–90 cm long, odd-pinnate, with 7–19 leaflets, 6–17 cm long and 2–7.5 cm broad (margin serrate or serrulate, apex acuminate). The male flowers are in drooping catkins 9–40 cm long, the wind-pollinated female flowers (April-May) are terminal, in spikes of 4 to 10, ripening in August-October into nuts, 3-7.5 × 3-5 cm, with densely glandular pubescent green husk and very thick shell.
The tree is exceptionally hardy (down to at least -45°C), has a relatively short vegetation period compared to other walnuts, grows rapidly and is cultivated as an ornamental in colder temperate regions all over the Northern Hemisphere. (For example, it has been found to grow satisfactorily in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada[2].) The kernels of the nuts are edible, but small and difficult to extract. The timber is in use, but less valuable than that of English walnut or black walnut.
The Manchurian walnut contains and exudes much lesser quantities of allelopathic compounds (such as juglone) than other popular Juglans species[3] and usually doesn't cause significant allelopathic effects in cultivation.
Juglans cathayensis, characterized by tomentose leaflets, producing more flowers per spike and growing south of the Huang He, was sometimes recognized as a species separate from J. mandshurica.
References
- ^ Juglans mandshurica Maximowicz, Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 2. 15: 127. 1856.
- ^ Barkley, Shelley (2007-05-22). "Juglans sp. (Butternut/Walnut)". Government of Alberta. http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/opp4044?opendocument=. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
- ^ Помогайбин А.В., Кавеленова Л.М., Силаева О.Н. (2002). Некоторые особенности химического состава и биологической активности листового отпада видов рода орех (Juglans L.) при интродукции в Среднем Поволжье. Химия растительного сырья 4, 43-47.
External links
- Juglans mandshurica @ Flora of China
External identifiers for Juglans mandshurica EOL 2872272 NCBI 91218 Also found in: Wikispecies Categories:- Juglans
- Flora of China
- Flora of Korea
- Flora of Russia
- Trees of Russia
- Trees of continental subarctic climate
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