Black Walnut:Juglans nigra and Walnut Extracts Benefits.
Article Content:
- .Basic Botanical Data of Walnut.
- .Countries of origin:Walnut.
- .Naming the Walnut.
- .Walnuts Background.
- .Walnut Habitat.
- .Parts and Uses of Black Walnut:Juglans nigra.
- .Parts Used Medicinally.
- .Characteristics of Walnut.
- .Phytochemical and nutritional composition of Walnut.
- .Qualities of Walnut.
- .Common Health Benefits of Walnut.
- .Medicinal Benefits,Action and Uses of Walnut Part.
- .Benefit of Walnut Oil.
- .Nutritional Benefits of Walnut:Brain Nourishing Effect and Pharmacological Mechanism.
- .Walnuts and your health:Nutritional Profile of Walnut.
- .Walnut Varieties and Grading.
- .Some of the common walnut species.
- .Walnut Applications,Combinations,Contradications,and Safety.
- .Walnut and Human Civilization:History and Archeology,World Cuisines,Folklore.
- .Walnut In Pandit Heritage:Rituals and Recipes.
- .Research Update:Walnut.
Parts and Uses of Black Walnut:Juglans nigra.
Form: Height often 100 feet, diameter 2 to 4 feet; when grown in the open, stem short, crown broad and spreading.
Bark: Thick and very dark brown; divided by rather deep fissures into round ridges. Blocky appearance.
Leaf: Alternate on stem; compound, 1 to 2 feet long, consisting of 7 to 11 pairs of yellow-green leaflets, smooth above, pale and hairy underneath; leaflets about 3 inches long, extremely tapered at ends and toothed along margin. The chambered pith is cream colored.
Fruit: A large, round nut borne singly or in pairs and enclosed in solid green husk, which is not sticky and does not spread open even after nut is ripe. The nut is black with very hard, thick, finely-ridged shell, enclosing a rich, oily kernel which is edible and highly nutritious; matures in fall of first season.
Range: Grows on rich bottomlands and moist, fertile hillsides in southern part of state; is easily propagated from nuts and grows rapidly on good sites.
Wood: Most valuable forest tree in the state. Rich chocolate-brown heartwood is of superior quality and value; heavy, hard, strong, and comparatively free from warping and checking; takes a high polish and is very durable; highly prized for a great variety of uses such as furniture and gun-stocks; small trees consist mostly of sapwood, which is light-colored and not durable.
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