Cyclocarya paliurus seed
LATIN NAME: Cyclocarya paliurus
COMMON NAME: Wheel Wing Nut
The wheel wing nut is the round, winged fruit of the old valleys, and the small, greenish flowers hang in the long catkins. The tall, deciduous tree carries the pinnate leaves of the many fine leaflets and the small, greenish flowers in the long catkins through the late spring, to be followed by the curious, round, winged fruits that spin down in the autumn, one of the fine, curious sights of the study garden. The leaves have a long record as the sweet, papery tea of the warm tables, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the old valleys. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The wheel wing nut is a curious subject of the plant science, and the winged fruits keep showing up in the work on the walnut relatives. The way the round, winged fruits spin down from the tall tree has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the walnut-family trees, the wind-dispersed fruits and the members of the walnut family. The pinnate leaves and the tall habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the wheel wing nut is a regular subject of the work on the round winged fruits of the cool world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The wheel wing nut is a fine, curious tree of the study garden and the old valleys. The curious, round, winged fruits spin down through the autumn, one of the fine, curious sights of the season, and the leaves have a long record as the sweet, papery tea of the warm tables, steeped into the light, golden brew of the old ways, while the fine, hard wood comes to the fine furniture of the East. The tree is one of the fine choices for the large garden, the avenue and the study collection, and it has been written up in the botanical and the cultural papers for the winged fruits and the papery teas. It is a fine, curious tree of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.
Give the young tree the deep, moist bed with the room to grow into the tall crown.
To grow the wheel wing nut from seed, sow the small, brown seeds a centimetre down in a tray of loose seed compost, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings come up in their own good time and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the winged fruits will spin down in the years ahead.
Uses: Medicinal.Tea
