Pterocarya consists of tall, non-evergreen trees characterized by their expansive pinnate foliage and small flowers that appear in drooping catkins. These are succeeded by clusters of winged fruits.

Pterocarya

Pterocarya forrestii

This robust, wide-spreading deciduous tree features large, compound leaves and produces small green flowers arranged in pendulous racemes that can reach lengths of up to 50 cm. The flowers are succeeded by distinctive winged fruits.

Pterocarya fraxinifolia

Pterocarya fraxinifolia 'Abbotsbury Giant'

Pterocarya fraxinifolia 'Heerenplein'

Pterocarya fraxinifolia var. dumosa

Pterocarya hupehensis

Pterocarya macroptera is a deciduous tree that can reach heights of up to 15 meters. Its foliage consists of 7 to 17 elongated, serrated leaflets. The tree produces drooping catkins, which bear greenish flowers and can extend up to 70 centimeters in length, eventually giving way to winged fruits.

Pterocarya macroptera

Pterocarya macroptera var. delavayi

Pterocarya macroptera var. insignis

Pterocarya rhoifolia

Pterocarya stenoptera

This sizable tree features a wide, oval canopy. Its foliage comprises 13 to 23 finely divided leaflets, resulting in a distinctive fern-like look. The bark exhibits a grey-brown hue and is typically cracked. In the summer, the tree produces small, winged green fruits that hang from elongated spikes, reaching lengths of up to 30 cm.

Pterocarya stenoptera 'Fern Leaf'

Pterocarya tonkinensis is a sizable, deciduous tree that can grow as tall as 30 meters. Its foliage consists of leaves that can exceed 18 centimeters in length, composed of 6 to 14 ovate to elliptic leaflets. In spring, it produces small, greenish-yellow flowers arranged in hanging racemes that can reach up to 30 centimeters long. These flowers are later succeeded by winged fruits.