Juglans pyriformis SEEDS

Juglans pyriformis seeds grow into the pear-shaped walnut a deciduous tree native to the wet tropical biome from Mexico south through Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The epithet pyriformis means ‘pear-shaped’, directly describing the most distinctive character of this species: the elongated, pear-shaped (pyriform) walnuts that set it apart from the rounder-nutted North American and Eurasian species. Juglans olanchana is now treated as a synonym. An important Central American timber and nut tree found in montane and premontane tropical forests, where its large compound leaves and distinctive nuts make it a characteristic element of the regional flora. Family Juglandaceae.

Full sun; adaptable to moist tropical and subtropical soils; warm tropical conditions of Central American montane forests.

• Distinctively pear-shaped (pyriform) walnuts ‘pyriformis’ = pear-shaped; unique among Juglans
• J. olanchana now treated as synonym in POWO
• Mexico to Nicaragua wet tropical biome; montane and premontane forests
• Important Central American timber and edible nut tree
• Full sun; moist tropical montane soils; warm conditions; Family Juglandaceae

Juglans pyriformis is the pear-shaped walnut of Central America a distinctive tropical Juglandaceae from Mexico to Nicaragua, recognisable by its uniquely elongated pyriform nuts, uniting the botanical diversity of Central American Juglans and representing the neotropical extension of the great walnut family.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.