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Juglans australis

Juglans australis

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Nogal Austral

Family: Juglandaceae
Order: Juglandales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Other common names: Nogal Criollo.





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Records from Departamento La Caldera

Conservation status: Near Threatened


Description


Juglans australis, the nogal criollo, is a species of plant in the Juglandaceae family. This large, fast-growing tree can grow to 20 m tall at elevations of in the Southern Andean Yungas, montane cloud forests on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Tucumán, Salta, and Jujuy provinces of Argentina and Tarija and Chuquisaca departments of Bolivia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

 J. australis is a spreading deciduous tree, up to 25 m wide which produces first quality lumber, with a straight trunk up to 6 m tall and up to 5 dm in diameter. The wood is dense (640 kg/m3), hard, and strong. Upon drying, the radial shrinkage is 2.2%, the tangential 4.7%. The pinnately compound leaves are borne alternately, and bear up to fifteen oval-lanceolate finely serrate leaflets.

Like most walnuts, J. australis produces juglone, an allelopathic substance which decreases competition from other plants growing nearby.

It is more frost resistant than the Persian walnut (J. regia).

Uses: The immature fruits are pickled whole for human consumption. The mature nuts are also eaten. The concentrated extract of the husk is used as a vermifuge.

Source: Wikipedia, article Juglans australis. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Foto
Photography ID: 672094
♂ ♀
  Adult

Departamento La Caldera
Salta
Argentina
02/08/2026
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 672092
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  Adult

Departamento La Caldera
Salta
Argentina
02/08/2026
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 672091
♂ ♀
  Adult

Departamento La Caldera
Salta
Argentina
02/08/2026
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 664818
♂ ♀
  Adult

Departamento La Caldera
Salta
Argentina
12/07/2025
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 664817
♂ ♀
  Adult

Departamento La Caldera
Salta
Argentina
12/07/2025
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 664816
♂ ♀
  Adult

Departamento La Caldera
Salta
Argentina
12/07/2025
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 561260
♂ ♀
  Adult

Departamento La Caldera
Salta
Argentina
12/24/2023
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 561259
♂ ♀
  Adult

Departamento La Caldera
Salta
Argentina
12/24/2023
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 561258
♂ ♀
  Adult

Departamento La Caldera
Salta
Argentina
12/24/2023
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
243023708/02/2026ArgentinaSaltaArcén Ruta P115, cercanías del puente sobre el río Lesser, Lesser, Municipio Vaqueros, Departamento La CalderaEduardo Vicente Fumarola
240452807/12/2025ArgentinaSaltaLesser, Municipio de Vaqueros. Proximidades del puente del Río Lesser con la Ruta Provincial 115, Departamento La CalderaEduardo Vicente Fumarola
193416424/12/2023ArgentinaSaltaMunicipio Vaqueros. Margen derecha Río Lesser a unos 200 m de la Rp 115 hacia el oeste., Departamento La CalderaEduardo Vicente Fumarola
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Juglans australis – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 18/09/2026.