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Juglans ailantifolia (synonyms J. cordiformis and J. sieboldiana and J. mandshurica var. sachalinensis), the Japanese walnut (Japanese: 鬼胡桃, romanized: oni-gurumi), is a species of walnut native to Japan and Sakhalin.
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 ...
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
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The nine or ten genera in the family have a total of around 50 species, [3] and include the commercially important nut-producing trees walnut (Juglans), pecan (Carya illinoinensis), and hickory (Carya). The Persian walnut, Juglans regia, is one of the major nut crops of the world.
Rice. Short or medium grain white rice.Regular (non-sticky) rice is called uruchi-mai.; Mochi rice (glutinous rice)-sticky rice, sweet rice; Genmai (brown rice); Rice bran (nuka) – not usually eaten itself, but used for pickling, and also added to boiling water to parboil tart vegetables
Japan has significant diversity in flora. Of approximately 5,600 total vascular plant species, almost 40% are endemic. [1] This richness is due to the significant variation in latitude and altitude across the country, a diversity of climatic conditions due to monsoons, and multiple geohistorical incidences of connections with the mainland.
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