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Morphological characteristics of walnut meat

Jun 04, 2023

Walnut tree, up to 20.25 meters; The trunk is shorter than other species, and the crown is broad; Bark gray-green when young, gray-white and longitudinally lobed when old, branchlets glandular, glandular, peltate, gray-green, later brownish. Odd pinnate compound leaves 25-30 cm long, petiole and leaf axes are covered with very short glandular hairs and glands when young; Leaflets usually 5-9, rarely 3, elliptic-ovate to oblong-elliptic, ca. 6-15 cm long and ca. 3-6 cm wide, apical obtuse or acute, short acuminate, base skewed, nearly rounded, margin entire or on young trees.
Sparsely serrate, dark green above, glabrous, light green below, lateral veins 11-15 pairs, tufted pubescent in axils, lateral leaflets with very short petioles or subsessile, smaller at lower end, terminal leaflets often with petioles about 3-6 cm long. The male amulets drooped and were about 5-10 cm long and up to 15 cm thin. The bracteoles, bracteoles and perianth of male flowers are glandular hairs. Stamens 6-30, anthers yellow, glabrous. Female spikes usually bear 1-3(-4) female flowers. Involucral of female flower very short glandular hairs, stigma light green. Fruit sequence is short, berry overhanging, with 1-3 fruits; Fruit nearly globular, 4-6 cm in diameter, glabrous; Pit slightly pucker, with 2 longitudinal edges, apical with short cusp; Thin diaphragm, no gap inside; Endocarp wall with irregular space or no space and only wrinkle. Flowering in May, fruit in October.

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