Common Name:
Wingnut
Ten species of large deciduous trees. Leaves alternate, compound (pinnate), leaflets serrate. Both male and female in pendulous catkins. Fruit a small winged nutlet, 1-seeded. Native range from the Caucasus to eastern and southeastern Asia.
Pterocarya: from the Greek pteron, wing, and karyon, nut; a reference to the winged fruit.
Pronunciation:
ter-o-KA-ri-a
Family:
Juglandaceae