Zelimir Borzan, University of Zagreb, Bugwood.org
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1. Flowering branchlet with drooping male catkins (a - d), and young shoot with female flowers in short, few flowered terminal spikes (e, f). - 2. Terminal section of a mature shoot with ripe fruits: the large, hard-shelled nuts are included in a glabrous, fleshy, green, dehiscent (b) or indehiscent husk (a). The leaves are odd-pinnate, with terminal leaflets the largest - 3. Longitudinal cross section of a fruit. - 4. Winter-branchlet (slantwise cut) with exposed, chambered pith, and fertile buds of male catkins (a, b) next year. Leaf-scars are large, heart-shaped as wide as the branchlet; vascular bundles are in three compound groups. After Hempel & Wilhelm, 1889. Photos and explanations from the book: Zelimir Borzan. "Tree and Shrub Names in Latin, Croatian, English, and German, with synonyms", University of Zagreb, 2001.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
