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Juglans sigillata Dode

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Juglandaceae > Juglans

Characteristics

Trees to 25 m tall. Leaves 15-50 cm; petiole 7-12.5 cm, glabrescent; rachis glabrescent; leaflets 9 or 11(-15), entire or obscurely serrulate; lateral leaflets sessile or petiolule ca. 1 mm, blade ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 6-18 × 3-8 cm, base oblique, apex acuminate; terminal petiolule 2-3 cm. Male spike 13.5-18 cm. Stamens 24-27. Fruiting spike with 1-3 nuts. Nuts ovoid-globose or subglobose, 3.4-6 × 3-5 cm; husk glabrescent, irregularly dehiscent; shell thick, smooth with 2 or more prominent ridges and deep pits and depressions. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Sep.
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A tree. It grows to 25 m tall. The leaves are 15-50 cm long. The leaf stalk is 7-12.5 cm long. There are 9-11 leaflets. They can have small teeth around the edge. The leaflets are 6-18 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. The male spike is 13.5-18 cm long. The fruiting spike has 1-3 nuts. The nuts are oval or round and 3.4-6 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. The shell is thick with 2 or more ridges.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 25.0
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Forests in valleys and on mountain slopes; at elevations from 1,300-3,300 metres.
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It grows in forests on mountain slopes between 1300-3300 m altitude in China.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

Uses afforestation food gene source material wood
Edible nuts seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
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Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Juglans sigillata world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, and India

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:442436-1
WFO ID wfo-0001067481
COL ID 3QRV6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Juglans sigillata
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