Walnuttree

The walnut tree can grow up to 25 m high, the 40 cm long, green, glossy leaves are pinnate. The fruit, the walnut, is a spherical drupe with a fleshy shell that turns dark brown when ripe, with a hard nut shell, see under walnut.

The dried leaves (walnut leaves - Juglandis folium) are used phytotherapeutically.

In cosmetics: see under Juglans regia leaf extract (INCI)

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