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Juglans regia
English: Walnut
Spanish: Nogal
Estonian: Kreeka pähklipuu
It is a deciduous tree that reaches twenty-
five meters in height with a trunk that can
exceed two meters in diameter. From this
trunk, which is short and stolen and white
or light gray, leaves thick branches to form
a large and rounded cup.
Flowers
From the female
flowers, subglobular
fruits are born, from
three to six
centimeters, green and
soft semi-fleshy
involuros. and when it
dries, it becomes cloudy
and stretches
.
Leaves
The leaves of twenty-
five to thirty-five
centimeters long, with
petiole of five to eight
centimeters, deciduous,
alternating and of
strange form, are
composed of five to
eight leaflets .
Fruit
The nut is the fruit of
the walnut, rounded or
ovoid, with a hard and
rough reddish-brown
rind.