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Record 1 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Carya Nutt.
Latin
DEF

... medium to large deciduous trees with alternate, compound, more or less aromatic leaves, stout twigs with unchambered pith and large conspicuous leaf scars, and bark sometimes smooth, often scaly. The flowers are unisexual and appear after the leaves have begun to unfold from the bud. Both sexes are borne on the same tree, the male in slender three-branched catkins which arise from buds located along the sides of the twigs, the female in short spikes of from 2 to 10 flowers located on the tips of the new growth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Carya Nutt.
Latin
DEF

Arbres à écorce appliquée ou déchiquetée, et à bois très dur. Feuilles composées-pennées. Fleurs staminées en châtons grêles et pendants, portés par 2-3 sur un pédoncule commun. Fleurs pistillées 2-10 ensemble sessiles. Fruit à brou devenant ligneux à la maturité, se séparant plus ou moins complètement en 4 valves.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Carya Nutt.
Latin
DEF

Nombre comercial de diversos árboles del género Carya, familia juglandáceas, propios de América del Norte, de aspecto semejante al nogal europeo.

OBS

Su madera, muy resistente y flexible, se emplea para la fabricación de esquíes, canoas, mangos, etc. En Hispanoamérica algunas de estas especies reciben el nombre de pacanero.

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