Love Willow – Chinese Wingnut

枫杨（学名：Pterocarya stenoptera C. DC）别名：白杨、大叶柳、大叶头杨树等。生长在黄河以南，落叶乔木，高达30米，胸径达1米；幼树树皮平滑，浅灰色，老时则深纵裂；小枝灰色至暗褐色，具灰黄色皮孔；芽具柄，密被锈褐色盾状着生的腺体，叶多为偶数或稀奇数羽状复叶。枫杨喜光，略耐侧荫，幼树耐荫，耐寒能力不强，主要分布于黄河流域以南。枫杨树冠宽广，枝叶茂密，生长迅速，是种常见的庭荫树和防护树种。而且树皮还有祛风止痛，杀虫，敛疮等功效。

Chinese Wingnut(Scientific Latin Name: Pterocarya stenoptera C. DC), also known as Aspen, big-leaf willow, etc.It grows in the south of the Yellow River, deciduous trees, up to 30 m tall, diameter at breast height of 1 m; The barks of young trees are smooth, grayish in color, and crack longitudinally as they age; Branchlets are gray to dark brown, with grayish-yellow lenticels;Buds with petioles densely covered with rusted brown shield glands, leaves are often even or odd-pinnate compound.Chinese wingnuts like lights, and are slightly tolerant to side shade, while saplings are tolerant to shade, with less strong tolerant to cold, mainly distributed in the south of the Yellow River basin. Broad-spreading crown, thick branches, grow rapidly, a common shade tree and protective tree. Moreover, its bark also has the effect of dispellingwind and relieving pain, killing insects,restraining sores, etc.