Common name: Wheel wingnut

Scientific name: Cyclocarya paliurus

Chinese name: 青钱柳、麻柳、青钱李、山麻柳、山化树

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Introduction：

Cyclocarya paliurus is the sole member of the genus Cyclocarya. It is a relict endemic tree in subtropical China, which produces fruits comprised of a nutlet surrounded by a circular wing. The tree itself is used in herbal medicine and the landscape horticulture trade. Trees to 30 m tall. Leaves 20-25 cm; tomentose or sometimes glabrescent; rachis tomentose; leaf-lets (5 or)7 or 9(or 11), 5-14 × 2-6 cm in size, abaxially pubescent along midvein and secondary veins. Nutlets compressed globose; disc wing leathery, orbicular to ovate, 2.5-6 cm.