Carya tonkinensis, the Vietnam hickory, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carya native to Assam in India, southern China, and northern Indochina.[2] Local people harvest the wood for timber and furniture making, and collect the edible nuts for vegetable oil production.[3]
Carya tonkinensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Juglandaceae |
Genus: | Carya |
Section: | Carya sect. Sinocarya |
Species: | C. tonkinensis
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Carya tonkinensis |
References
edit- ^ Bull. Écon. Indochine, n.s., 23: 2 (1921)
- ^ "Carya tonkinensis Lecomte". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Grauke, L.J.; Wood, B.W.; Payne, J.A. (1991). "Genetic resources of Carya in Vietnam and China". Annual Report of the Northern Nut Growers Association. 82: 80–87. Retrieved 3 November 2020.