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Butternut
Juglans cinerea
Butternut · Bagaanaak · Butter-Walnuss · Butternuss · Butternuss (DE) · Butternut (EN) · Butternut Tree · Butternut or White walnut · Butternußbaum · Noce cinereo · Nogal blanco · Nogal blanco americano · Noyer cendré · Noz-branca · Orzech szary · Pilkasis riešumedis · Pilkasis riešutmedis · amerikanjalopähkinä
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, US, Germany, Portugal, US(Amerindian), US(Appalachia), France, Chile
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Alterative, Cancer, Cancer(Stomach), Dysentery
Science studied: ANTIMONY, ARGININE, ARSENIC, ASPARTIC-ACID
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Juglandaceae
Scientific name: Juglans cinerea
Common names: Butternut, Bagaanaak, Butter-Walnuss, Butternuss, Butternuss (DE), Butternut (EN), Butternut Tree, Butternut or White walnut, Butternußbaum, Noce cinereo, Nogal blanco, Nogal blanco americano, Noyer cendré, Noz-branca, Orzech szary, Pilkasis riešumedis, Pilkasis riešutmedis, amerikanjalopähkinä
POWO: 442334-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, US, Germany, Portugal, US(Amerindian), US(Appalachia), France, Chile and 1 additional place.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Alterative
- Cancer
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Dysentery
- Hair-Oil
- Laxative
- Liver
- Medicine
show 6 more documented entries
- Stimulant
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Wart
- Tonic
- Epithelioma
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- US
- Germany
- Portugal
- US(Amerindian)
- US(Appalachia)
- France
- Chile
- Italy
Documented cultural uses
- Alterative
- Cancer
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Dysentery
- Hair-Oil
- Laxative
- Liver
- Medicine
- Stimulant
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Wart
show 2 more documented entries
- Tonic
- Epithelioma
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Alterative · Turkey · "
- Cancer · US · "
- Cancer · Germany · "
- Cancer(Stomach) · Portugal · "
- Dysentery · Turkey · "
- Hair-Oil · US(Amerindian) · "
- Laxative · Turkey · "
- Liver · Turkey · "
- Medicine · US(Appalachia) · "
- Stimulant · Turkey · "
- Tumor · France · "
- Vermifuge · Turkey · "
- Wart · Chile · "
- Wart · US · "
- Tonic · Turkey · "
- Epithelioma · Italy · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Comparative analysis of butternut (Juglans cinerea) and Japanese walnut (Juglans ailantifolia) chloroplast genomes. · 2025 source ↗
- Chromosome-scale reference genomes for two walnuts: <i>Juglans ailantifolia</i> and <i>Juglans cinerea</i> implicate gene presence and absence in fungal defense divergence · 2026 source ↗
- Comparative Analysis of Butternut (Juglans cinerea) and Japanese Walnut (Juglans ailantifolia) Chloroplast Genomes · 2025 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ANTIMONY
- ARGININE
- ARSENIC
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BROMINE
- CALCIUM
- CESIUM
- COBALT
- FAT
- FLUORINE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- HISTIDINE
- JUGLANDIC-ACID
- JUGLANDIN
- JUGLONE
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- KILOCALORIES
- LEAD
- LEUCINE
- LUTETIUM
- LYSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- MUFA
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- SAMARIUM
- SCANDIUM
- SELENIUM
- SODIUM
- STEARIC-ACID
- TANNIN
- TANTALUM
- THORIUM
- TITANIUM
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYROSINE
- WATER
- YTTERBIUM
- ZINC
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- ALANINE
- BARIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- PUFA
- SILICON
- ALUMINUM
- ASH
- CADMIUM
- CHROMIUM
- FIBER
- GOLD
- ISOLEUCINE
- LANTHANUM
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MERCURY
- NICKEL
- PHENYLALANINE
- RUBIDIUM
- SERINE
- SULFUR
- THREONINE
- TUNGSTEN
- VANADIUM
- IRON
- PROTEIN
- BORON
- CHLORINE
- IODINE
- MOLYBDENUM
- STRONTIUM
- TIN
- EUROPIUM
- COPPER
- METHIONINE
- VALINE
- CYSTINE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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