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Juglans nigra, the eastern American black walnut, is a species of deciduous tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to central and eastern North America, growing mostly in riparian zones. Black walnut is susceptible to thousand cankers disease , which provoked a decline of walnut trees in some regions.
Walnut trees are any species of tree in the plant genus Juglans, the type genus of the family Juglandaceae, the seeds of which are referred to as walnuts.All species are deciduous trees, 10–40 metres (33–131 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves 200–900 millimetres (7.9–35.4 in), with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts (Pterocarya), but not ...
Juglone occurs naturally in the leaves, roots, husks, fruit (the epicarp), and bark of plants in the Juglandaceae family, particularly the black walnut (Juglans nigra), and is toxic or growth-stunting to many types of plants. [1] It is sometimes used as an herbicide, as a dye for cloth and inks, and as a coloring agent for foods and cosmetics.
A walnut is the edible seed of any tree of the genus Juglans (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, Juglans regia. They are accessory fruit because the outer covering of the fruit is technically an involucre and thus not morphologically part of the carpel; this means it cannot be a drupe but is instead a drupe-like nut.
Family Juglandaceae, genus Juglans sect. Rhysocaryon: Juglans nigra, the eastern black walnut, a species of flowering tree native to eastern North America. Juglans californica, California black walnut or Southern California black walnut. Juglans hindsii, the Northern California walnut or Hinds' black walnut. Juglans major, Arizona black walnut.
This article is a list of diseases of black walnuts (Juglans nigra). Bacterial diseases. Bacterial diseases; Bacterial blight Xanthomonas juglandis: Fungal diseases
Image Genus Living species Cyclocarya Iljinsk.: Cyclocarya paliurus - wheel wingnut; Juglans L.: J. ailantifolia Carr. – Japanese walnut; J. mandshurica Maxim. – Manchurian walnut or Chinese walnut
Pickled walnuts are made from the fruit of both common walnut tree varieties: Juglans regia, the Persian, royal, English or common walnut, and Juglans nigra, the black or American walnut. [2] The first stage is to pick the walnuts whilst they are still green and before the shells have set.