Pan India Bouquets

Juglans regia L.

Family : Juglandaceae
(Rush Family)
Family (Hindi name) : AKHROT FAMILY (अखरोट फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Juglandaceae
Synonym(s) : Juglans regia var. kamaonia C. DC.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Juglans regia L.
Common name : Walnut, Common walnut
Vernacular name : Akhrot (Hindi); akrodu, akrotu (Kannada); Sano okhar (Nepali); Akhoda, Akhota (Sanskrit)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Forests
Comments / notes : Widely cultivated in the W. Himalaya
Key identification features : Deciduous trees. Leaves imparipinnate, aromatic. Female flowers 1-3 in a terminal spike. Fruit large, pericarp fleshy
Flower, Fruit : February-April
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
- Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district,Kullu district,Lahaul & Spiti district,Mandi district,Shimla district
Native : NE. & E. Turkey to Lebanon and W. Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, West Himalaya
Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 372; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 264; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI: 666
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Juglans regia. Downloaded on 2 December 2023.

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Juglans regia L.

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