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Juglans venezuelensis

Juglans venezuelensis, known as nogal de Caracas, is a small black walnut tree endemic to Venezuela, found only on Cerro El Avila in the Cordillera de la Costa. It bears nuts about an inch across and is very rare in the wild, with fewer than 100 individuals in known populations.

Family
Juglandaceae (Walnut family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while young and during dry spells; avoid waterlogged soil.
Soil
Deep, well-drained loam, slightly acidic to neutral.
Temperature
18 to 28 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Venezuela
Climate
wet tropical

About

Juglans venezuelensis, or nogal de Caracas, is a species of black walnut endemic to Venezuela. It is a small tree which bears 1 inch nuts.

Where it grows

Juglans venezuelensis is endemic to Cerro El Avila in the Cordillera de la Costa of Venezuela. Currently there are two known wild populations of less than 100 individuals in the sector and the sector Canoes Summit Hoyo de Avila National Park.

Other Juglans plants

Japanese Walnut · Argentine Walnut · Bolivian walnut · Southern California Black Walnut · Butternut · Northern California Black Walnut · Hebei Walnut · West Indian walnut · Arizona walnut · Manchurian Walnut · Little walnut · Mexican Walnut

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Juglans venezuelensis 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.

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