Japanese walnut
Juglans ailantifolia, Hardiness : Zone 4
Other names
Cordiformis, mandshurica sachalinensis
Category
Nut tree or shrub
Availability
Features
Height X Width
15.0m X 13.0m
Foliage
big tropical-like leaves
Flowering
-
Edible parts description
Delicious nut, more productive than butternut and black walnut
Harvest : from september to october
Resistances
-
Sun exposure
Full sun
Soil type
-
Edible parts
Seeds
Pollination
Needs another plant nearby to bear fruits
Images
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Description, from Wikipedia

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. It is a deciduous tree growing to 20 m (66 ft) tall, rarely 30 m (98 ft), and 40–80 cm (16–31 in) stem diameter, with light grey bark. The leaves are pinnate, 50–90 cm (20–35 in) long, with 11–17 leaflets, each leaflet 7–16 cm (2.8–6.3 in) long and 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) broad. The whole leaf is downy-pubescent, and a somewhat brighter, yellower green than many other tree leaves. The male flowers are inconspicuous yellow-green catkins produced in spring at the same time as the new leaves appear. The female flowers have pink/red pistils. The fruit is a nut, produced in bunches of 4–10 together; the nut is spherical, 3–5 cm long and broad, surrounded by a green husk before maturity in mid autumn.