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''Pterocarya rhoifolia'' (Japanese wingnut, Japanese: ''sawagurumi'') is a species of 
The tree flourishes in moist areas along riverbanks and mountain streams, and attains in height, flowering from May–July.
It is a soft light wood, with the heartwood yellowish-white in color, which has been used as a substitute of ''kiri'' (''
tree
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in the Juglandaceae
The Juglandaceae are a plant family known as the walnut family. They are trees, or sometimes shrubs, in the order Fagales. Members of this family are native to the Americas, Eurasia, and Southeast Asia.
The nine or ten genera in the family have ...
family that is widely distributed throughout Japan, and also found native to China
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in the Laoshan District
Laoshan District () is an urban district (区) of Qingdao, Shandong. It has an area of and had approximately 379,500 inhabitants as of 2010. It is home to Mount Lao, which gave the district its name.
Geography
Laoshan District is located in the ...
in eastern Shandong Province
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizatio ...
.
The tree flourishes in moist areas along riverbanks and mountain streams, and attains in height, flowering from May–July.
It is a soft light wood, with the heartwood yellowish-white in color, which has been used as a substitute of ''kiri'' (''Paulownia tomentosa
''Paulownia tomentosa'', common names princess tree, empress tree, or foxglove-tree, is a deciduous hardwood tree in the family Paulowniaceae, native to central and western China. It is an extremely fast-growing tree with seeds that disperse rea ...
''), for example, to make ''geta
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'' clogs that are imitations of ''kiri''-geta. It is straight-grained and the pore pattern on the surface provides the wood with a handsome appearance.
References
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