Carya hunanensis Cheng & R.H.Chang

Trees to 14 m tall. Terminal buds naked, rusty brown. Leaves 20-30 cm; petiole 4-8 cm, glabrous; rachis pubescent; leaflets (5 or)7 or 9, lateral ones sessile, blade elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, (6-)11-18 × (2-)3.5-7 cm, with abundant, peltate scales, abaxially ± glabrous except for hairs along midvein and in axils of secondary veins, base cuneate, apex acuminate; terminal petiolule 0-5 mm. Male spikes unknown. Nuts obovoid, (2-)3-3.7 × 2.3-3 cm; husk winged to middle; shell with 4 faint, longitudinal ridges, 1.5-2.5 mm thick, 4-chambered at base, lacunae absent. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Sep-Nov

It grows in valleys and riverbanks between 900-1000 m altitude in southern China. Trees have been recorded growing in soils with a pH from 4.5 to 8.

Nut are eaten fresh or fried. They are also pressed for edible oil.