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J. cinerea is a deciduous tree growing to 30 metres (98 ft) tall, rarely more. [5] Butternut is a slow-growing species, and rarely lives longer than 75 years. It has a 40–80 cm (16–31 in) stem diameter, with light gray bark.
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 ...
Barringtonia edulis is a species of tree with edible fruits from the southwestern Pacific region, being found on Fiji and Vanuatu. Common names include cut nut, pao nut, boxfruit tree, heart tree, and yum-yum tree. [2] It was first described in 1866 by Berthold Carl Seeman. [3] [4]
Butternut (tree), Juglans cinerea, a species of walnut tree commonly called a butternut tree; Butternut squash, Cucurbita moschata, an edible winter squash; USS Butternut, a 1941 ship of the United States Navy; Butternut Breads, a regional brand marketed by Flowers Foods; Butternut (people), a nineteenth century term for southern settlers of ...
Caryocar nuciferum grows up to 35 metres (115 ft) in humid forests. Flowers are hermaphroditic and in small clusters. The large coconut-sized fruit, weighs about 3 kilograms (6.6 lb), is round or pear-shaped some 10–15 centimetres (4–6 in) in diameter, and greyish-brown in colour.
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The name Blepharocarya comes from the Ancient Greek blepharon (eyelid), and carya (nut), which refers to the fruit having hairs around the margin and resembling an eyelid. The specific epithet comes from the Latin involucrum (a whorl of bracts around flowers or fruit), and gero (bearing or borne on).