Diels, Juglandaceae |
Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Primarily a threat at high elevations? no
Other Latin names: Juglans columbiensis Dode; Juglans honorei Dode
Common name(s): [more details]
English: Andean walnut, Ecuador walnut |
Spanish: nogal |
Habit: tree
Description: "A tree to 30 meters high, the stout young branchlets, especially at tip, and the leaf rachis at flowering time conspicuously rusty-pubescent; leaflets 7-8 pairs (-14 according to Dode), at first above sparsely, beneath densely velvety-pubescent, the largest middle leaflets about 12 cm long and 4 cm wide, gradually long-acuminate, minutely and evenly serrate; staminate aments 20-25 cm long, the flowers partly remote, partly approximate; bractlets 2-3.5 mm long, yellowish-brown-pilose; anthers apically pubescent; pistillate flowers 3-10; calyx urceolate, rusty-tomentose, 18 mm long, 6-7 mm broad, the narrow, reflexed teeth unequal, the larger 5 mm, the smaller 2 mm long; perianth segments 4, reflexed, irregularly dentate, 6 mm long, 3-4 mm wide; stigmatic branches broadly lingulate, densely papillose, 8-9 mm long, 4 mm broad" (Macbride, 1937; p. 265).
Habitat/ecology: 0-500 m in the Gal pagos Islands, 2000-3500 m in the Andes (Jørgensen & León-Yánez, 1999).
Propagation: Seed
Native range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (GRIN)
Presence:
Pacific | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)
Floreana Group |
Floreana Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Charles Darwin Foundation (2008) |
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)
Isabela Group |
Isabela Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Charles Darwin Foundation (2008) |
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)
Isabela Group |
Volcán Sierra Negra, Isabela Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Charles Darwin Foundation (2008) |
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)
San Cristóbal Group |
San Cristóbal Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Charles Darwin Foundation (2008) |
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)
Santa Cruz Group |
Santa Cruz Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Charles Darwin Foundation (2008) |
Pacific Rim | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
New Zealand
New Zealand |
New Zealand (country) |
introduced
cultivated |
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
South America (Pacific rim)
South America (Pacific rim) |
Colombia |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
South America (Pacific rim)
South America (Pacific rim) |
Ecuador (Republic of) (continental) |
native
cultivated |
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
South America (Pacific rim)
South America (Pacific rim) |
Perú (Republic of) |
native
cultivated |
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Control: If you know of control methods for Juglans neotropica, please let us know.