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Juglans jamaicensis
Also called Walnut, Nogal
West Indian walnut is a large tree native to Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, grown mainly for its attractive timber and edible nuts. It is a tropical tree rather than a houseplant, so the key to growing it is a warm, frost-free site with deep, well-drained soil.
Juglans jamaicensis, the West Indian walnut, nogal, or palo de nuez, is a species of walnut in the Juglandaceae family native to the Greater Antilles.
It is found on Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico. It is not, in fact, native to Jamaica, as its name would suggest.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Juglans jamaicensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
