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Juglans australis
Bark of tree at Hackfalls Arboretum, New Zealand
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Juglandaceae
Genus:	Juglans
Section:	Juglans sect. Rhysocaryon
Species:	J. australis
Binomial name
Juglans australis Griseb.
Synonyms
Juglans brasiliensis Dode

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Juglans australis, the nogal criollo, is a species of plant in the Juglandaceae family. This large, fast-growing tree can grow to 20 m (66 ft) tall at elevations of 0.5—1.5 km in the Southern Andean Yungas, montane cloud forests on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Tucumán, Salta, and Jujuy provinces of Argentina and Tarija and Chuquisaca departments of Bolivia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Description

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 (640 kg/m), hard, and strong. Upon drying, the radial shrinkage is 2.2%, the tangential 4.7%. The pinnately compound leaves are borne alternately, and bear up to fifteen oval-lanceolate finely serrate leaflets.

Like most walnuts, J. australis produces juglone, an allelopathic substance which decreases competition from other plants growing nearby.

It is more frost resistant than the Persian walnut (J. regia).

Uses

The immature fruits are pickled whole for human consumption. The mature nuts are also eaten. The concentrated extract of the husk is used as a vermifuge.

References

1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Juglans australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T34359A9862421. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34359A9862421.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ "Juglans australis Griseb". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
3. Pablo Schliserman, Sergio Ovruski, Carolina Colin, Allen Norrbom & Martin Aluja: "First Report of Juglans Australis (Juglandaceae) as a Natural Host Plant for Anastrepha schultzi (Diptera:Tephritidae) with Notes on Probable Parasitism by Doryctobracon areikatys, D. brasiliensis, Opius bellus (Braconidae) and Aganaspis pelleranoi (Figitidae)" the Florida Entomologist 87(4)597-9 (Dec. 2004). The Florida Entomoloical Society, Lutz, FL (USA)
4. "Juglans australis Griseb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
5. "NOGAL - Juglans Australis - Argentine Walnut, Nogal criollo". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-02-04.

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