juglans cinerea


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Related to juglans cinerea: butternut tree, white walnut
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butternut

butternut

Tree up to 80ft (24m) with opposite leaves and sticky, egg-shaped fruit. Inner bark used as astringent to stop bleeding, rheumatism, pain. Nuts and bark are antiseptic, used to expel tapeworms, fungus, tumors.