Juglans cinerea Butternut (Juglandaceae) Deciduous tree

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Juglans cinerea
Butternut
Deciduous tree
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The Juglans cinerea plant species is found in Eastern N. America - New Brunswick to Georgia, west to Arkansas and North Dakota. It is a member of the Juglandaceae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Butternut.

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Latin Name:  Juglans cinerea
Common Name:  Butternut
Family:  Juglandaceae
Author:  L.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  25   Mature Width:  20

Habitat:  Usually found in rich moist soils of woods and river terraces[43, 82], but it also grows on dry rocky soils, especially if these are on limestone[226]..

Edible Uses: Seed - eaten raw or ground into a powder and used with cereal flours in making cakes, biscuits, muffins, bread etc[183]. Oily and sweet tasting with a rich agreeable flavour[11, 62, 63. 101, 183]. The oil in the seed is not very stable and the seed soon becomes rancid once it is opened[82]. The kernal is usually only about 20% by weight of the whole seed[160] and is hard to extract[226]. The unripe fruit can be pickled[183]. The seed is 3 - 6cm in diameter and is produced in clusters of 3 - 5 fruits[82, 229]. An edible oil is obtained from the seed[101, 117, 183], it tends to go rancid quickly. The sweet sap is tapped in spring and can be used as a refreshing drink[101]. It can also be boiled down to a syrup or sugar, or added to maple syrup[82, 101, 117, 159, 183].

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