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Juglans australis is a species of plant
Plant

Plants are Life organisms belonging to the Kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae....
 in the Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae

The Juglandaceae, also known as the Walnut Family, is a family of trees, or sometimes shrubs, in the order Fagales. Various members of this family are native to the Americas, Eurasia, and Southeast Asia....
 family. This large , fast-growing tree is found in the "Piso Montano Húmedo" of Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 (including the provences of Tucumán
Tucumán

San Miguel de Tucum?n is the largest city in northern Argentina, with a population of 525,853 per the . The metropolitan area totals 806,000, making it the fifth-largest in the country....
, Salta
Salta

Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. With a population of 464,678 inhabitants as of the , it is Argentina's 8th largest city....
 and Jujuy) and in Bolivia
Bolivia

The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
. It is more frost resistant than the Persian Walnut (J. regia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

J. australis is a spreading deciduous tree, up to 25 m. wide which produces first quality lumber, with a straight trunk up to 6 m.






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Juglans australis is a species of plant
Plant

Plants are Life organisms belonging to the Kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae....
 in the Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae

The Juglandaceae, also known as the Walnut Family, is a family of trees, or sometimes shrubs, in the order Fagales. Various members of this family are native to the Americas, Eurasia, and Southeast Asia....
 family. This large , fast-growing tree is found in the "Piso Montano Húmedo" of Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 (including the provences of Tucumán
Tucumán

San Miguel de Tucum?n is the largest city in northern Argentina, with a population of 525,853 per the . The metropolitan area totals 806,000, making it the fifth-largest in the country....
, Salta
Salta

Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. With a population of 464,678 inhabitants as of the , it is Argentina's 8th largest city....
 and Jujuy) and in Bolivia
Bolivia

The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
. It is more frost resistant than the Persian Walnut (J. regia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

J. australis is a spreading deciduous tree, up to 25 m. wide which produces first quality lumber, with a straight trunk up to 6 m. tall and up to 5 dm. in diameter. The wood is dense, hard, and strong. The pinnately compound leaves are born alternately, and bear up to fifteen oval-lanceolate finely serrate leaflets.

The immature fruits are pickled whole for human consumption. The mature nuts are also eaten.

Like most walnuts, J. australis produces juglone
Juglone

Juglone is an aromatic organic compound with the molecular formula C10H6O3. It occurs naturally in the leaves, roots and bark of plants in the Juglandaceae family, particularly the Black Walnut....
, an allelopathic substance which decreases competition from other plants growing nearby. The concentrated extract of the husk is also used as a vermifuge.

Source

  • World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007.