枫杨 Pterocarya stenoptera

  • Scientific Name: Pterocarya stenoptera C.DC.
  • Ref: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 18:34. 1862
  • English Common Name: Chinese wingnut
  • Chinese Common Name: 枫杨 fēngyáng
  • Japanese Common Name: シナサワグルミ [シナ沢胡桃] shina-sawagurumi
  • Family: Juglandaceae
  • Genus: Pterocarya
  • Distribution: Forests on mountain slopes or riverbanks; near sea level to 1500 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea]
  • Photo: 03/31/2013
Trees to 30 m tall. Leaves even-pinnate, rarely odd-pinnate, 8-16(-25) cm; petiole 2-6.5 cm, sparsely pubescent; rachis often winged or sometimes only ridged or sulcate on some leaves, sparsely pubescent to tomentose; leaflets (6-)11-21(-25), sessile, long elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 8-12 × 2-3 cm, abaxially slightly pubescent, base oblique, cuneate or broadly cuneate, apex obtuse or acute. Fruiting spike 20-45 cm, axis pubescent at first but becoming nearly glabrous. Nutlets long ellipsoid, 6-7 mm, slightly pubescent to glabrescent; wings linear, 1.2-2.5 × 3-6 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 32. (Flora of China)

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