Biology:Carya tonkinensis

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Carya

Carya tonkinensis
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Juglandaceae
Genus: Carya
Section: Carya sect. Sinocarya
Species:
C. tonkinensis
Binomial name
Carya tonkinensis
Lecomte[1]

Carya tonkinensis, the Vietnam hickory, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carya native to Assam in India, southern China, and northern Indochina.[2] Local people harvest the wood for timber and furniture making, and collect the edible nuts for vegetable oil production.[3]

References

  1. Bull. Écon. Indochine, n.s., 23: 2 (1921)
  2. "Carya tonkinensis Lecomte". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:442204-1. 
  3. Grauke, L.J.; Wood, B.W.; Payne, J.A. (1991). "Genetic resources of Carya in Vietnam and China". Annual Report of the Northern Nut Growers Association 82: 80–87. https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US9327625. Retrieved 3 November 2020. 

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