Juglandaceae
Butternut
Juglans cinerea
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Genus
- Juglans
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- جوز أرمد, اللحاء الداخلي للجوز
- arz
- جوز رمادى
- Belarusian
- Арэх шэры
- Chinese
- 壮核桃, 壯核桃, 灰葉胡桃, 胡桃胡椒
- Czech
- Ořešák popelavý
- Danish
- Grå valnød
- English
- Butternut, Butternut tree, White walnut
- Estonian
- Hall pähklipuu
- Finnish
- Amerikanjalopähkinä
- French
- Noyer cendré
- German
- Butternuss, Butter-Walnuss
- Hebrew
- אגוז חמאה
- Hungarian
- Szürke dió, Vajdió
- Irish
- Imchnó
- Japanese
- バターナット, オトコグルミ, バタークルミ
- Korean
- 백호두나무
- Lithuanian
- Pilkasis riešutmedis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Smørvalnøtt
- Persian
- گردوی سفید
- Polish
- Orzech szary
- Russian
- Орех серый
- Serbian
- Сиви орах
- Slovenian
- Sivi oreh
- Swedish
- Grå valnöt
- Ukrainian
- Горіх сірий
Synonyms
- Juglans cathartica F.Michx.
- Juglans oblonga Mill.
- Nux cinerea (L.) M.Gómez
- Wallia cinerea (L.) Alef.
Flowers
- In flower
- May (from 37 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Murray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle Koskitalo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Adrienne van den Beemt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Cook, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nekrasov.ig, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Keck from Ohio, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.