Pterocarya rhoifolia, commonly known as Japanese wingnut, is a species of tree in the family Juglandaceae. It is widely distributed throughout Japan and southern Korea, and also found in China in the Laoshan District of eastern Shandong Province. Its natural presence in China is contested.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Japanese Wingnut being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pterocarya fraxinifolia
- Pterocarya stenoptera
- Juglans ailantifolia
- Juglans australis
- Juglans mandshurica
- Engelhardia spicata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Genus
- Pterocarya
- Species
- Pterocarya rhoifolia
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