''Carya sinensis'' (syn. ''Annamocarya sinensis'') is a species of tree native to southwestern China ( Guangxi,

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...

) and northern Vietnam, in the

hickory Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus ''Carya'', which includes around 18 species. Five or six species are native to China, Indochina, and India (Assam), as many as twelve are native to the United States, four are found in M ...

genus ''Carya''. It is sometimes called Chinese hickory or beaked hickory. It is closely related to ''

Carya kweichowensis ''Carya kweichowensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Juglandaceae, native to southwestern Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its cap ...

''. It is a medium-sized to large

evergreen In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season. This also pertains to plants that retain their foliage only in warm climates, and contrasts with deciduous plants, which ...

tree growing to tall. The leaves are long, and pinnate with 7–11 leaflets. The leaflets have an entire margin, which distinguishes it from other ''Carya'', where the leaflets have a serrated margin. The flowers are

catkin A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster (a spike), with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind- pollinated ( anemophilous) but sometimes insect-pollinated (as in '' Salix''). They contain many, usually unisexual flowers, arra ...

s produced in spring, with the male catkins in clusters of five to eight together (single in other ''Carya''). The fruit is a nut long and broad, with a prominent, acute beak at the apex.

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Flora of China: ''Annamocarya''
{{Taxonbar, from1=Q15376392, from2=Q10923542 sinensis Endangered plants Trees of China Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Vietnam