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About Juglans ailantifolia var. cordiformis (Heartnut)

Juglans ailantifolia var. cordiformis - Heartnut - Deciduous tree, to 40-65 ft (15-20 m) tall, broad, round crown.  Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, 60 cm long, odd number of leaflets, 11 to 17, each leaflet ovate-oblong to oblong, 7-18 cm long, serrate, upper surface bright green, pubescent at first but then glabrous or nearly, pubescent below, and densely granular and pubescent on the midrib and leaf stalk (rachis).  Male catkins 15-30 cm long; female catkins with 12-20 flowers.  Fruit globose to ovoid, sticky, rugose, thick shelled, 2.5-3.5 cm long; known as the Heartnut because of its heart-shaped nuts (cordiformis = heart-shaped). The nuts of these selections easily crack at the suture and released the heart-shaped kernel in one or two pieces. Family : Juglandaceae

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