Platycarya

Taxobox
name = "Platycarya"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Autumn foliage and fruit
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fagales
familia = Juglandaceae
genus = "Platycarya"
genus_authority = Siebold & Zucc.
species = "P. strobilacea"
binomial = "Platycarya strobilacea"
binomial_authority = Siebold & Zucc.

"Platycarya" is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juglandaceae, usually treated as comprising a single species "Platycarya strobilacea", though one to two additional species are accepted by some authors. It is native to eastern Asia in China, Korea, and Japan.Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=125766 "Platycarya"] ] Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006115 "Platycarya strobilacea"] ]

It is a deciduous tree growing to 15 m tall. The leaves are usually pinnate, 15–30 cm long with 7–15 leaflets (rarely simple, or with up to 23 leaflets), the terminal leaflet present; the leaflets are 3–11 cm long and 1.5–3.5 cm broad. The flowers are catkins; the male (pollen) catkins are 2–15 cm long, the female catkins 2.5–5 cm long at maturity, hard and woody, superficially resembling a conifer cone with spirally arranged scales.

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