Pterocarya paliurus Batalin, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 13: 101. 1893; Cyclocarya paliurus var. micropaliurus (Tsoong) P. S. Hsu & al.; P. micropaliurus Tsoong.

Trees to 30 m tall. Leaves 20-25 cm; petiole 2.5-5 cm, tomentose or sometimes glabrescent; rachis tomentose; leaf-

lets (5 or)7 or 9(or 11); lateral leaflets sessile or petiolule to 2 mm, blade elliptic-ovate to broadly lanceolate, 5-14 × 2-6 cm, abaxially pubescent along midvein and secondary veins, base oblique, broadly cuneate to subrounded, apex obtuse or acute, rarely acuminate; terminal petiolule 1-15 mm. Fruiting spike 25-30 cm, axis glabrous or pubescent. Nutlets compressed globose, ca. 7 mm; disc wing leathery, orbicular to ovate, 2.5-6 cm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep.

* Moist forests on mountains; 400-2500 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, SE Yunnan, Zhejiang.