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Juglans australis, the nogal criollo, is a species of plant in the Juglandaceae family. This large, fast-growing tree can grow to 20 m (66 ft) tall at elevations of 0.5–1.5 km (1,600–4,900 ft) in the Southern Andean Yungas, montane cloud forests on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Tucumán, Salta, and Jujuy provinces of Argentina and Tarija and Chuquisaca departments of Bolivia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Juglans australis 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
- Juglans neotropica
- Juglans mollis
- Cedrela fissilis
- Cedrela montana
- Juglans ailantifolia
- Choerospondias axillaris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Genus
- Juglans
- Species
- Juglans australis
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