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Juglans regia

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Walnut is indigenous to the region stretching from the Balkans eastward across Persia to the Himalayas and southwest China. The largest forests are found in Kyrgyzstan, where trees occur in extensive, nearly pure walnut forests at 1,000–2,000 m altitude.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Juglans regia. In: Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2534-8_4

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