Juglandaceae
Chinese wingnut
Pterocarya stenoptera
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Genus
- Pterocarya
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 枫杨, 楓楊, 娱蛤柳, 枫柳皮, 楓杨, 蜈蚣柳, 麻柳, 麻柳叶
- English
- Chinese wingnut
- Finnish
- Kiinansiipipähkinä
- Japanese
- シナサワグルミ, カンベイジュ, カンポウフウ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kinesisk vingenøtt
- Russian
- Лапина узкорылая
- Serbian
- Кинеска птерокарија
- Spanish
- Pterocaria china
Synonyms
- Acer mairei H.Lév.
- Pterocarya chinensis Lavallée
- Pterocarya esquirolii H.Lév.
- Pterocarya japonica Dippel
- Pterocarya laevigata Lavallée
- Pterocarya stenoptera var. brevialata Pamp.
- Pterocarya stenoptera var. kouitchensis Franch.
- Pterocarya stenoptera var. sinensis Graebn.
- Pterocarya stenoptera var. typica Franch.
- Pterocarya stenoptera var. zhijiangensis Z.E.Chao & C.J.Zheng
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 14 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jonsense, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Your friend, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KeepOpera, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Todd Huang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gmihail at Serbian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.