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butternut

Plant

  • Large tree
  • Up to 60' tall

Twig

  • Alternate leaf arrangement
  • Long and thin, with smooth, brown bark that has spotted appearance
  • Leaves alternate along the length of the twig

Leaf

  • 10-20" long
  • Leaves fuzzy above and below, stalk is sticky
  • Alternate, compound with 11-19 leaflets
  • Leaflets 2-5" long, oblong ovate, fine-toothed

Flower

  • Green pendulous catkins

Fruit with husk

  • 1½-2½" long
  • Shell-covered nut inside green leathery husk covered with sticky hairs

Fruit without husk

  • 1½" long, ridged shell encloses edible seed