Juglans venezuelensis Juglans venezuelensis Juglans venezuelensis, or "nogal de Caracas", is a species of black walnut endemic to Venezuela. It is a small tree which bears 1 inch nuts. This species is deciduous, with a period of leaf fall between November and December, and a period of regrowth of leaves between January and February. Flowering begins in late February. The species is monoecious, male flowers are hanging catkins and female ones are erect, both are small and greenish. The fruits are drupes with yellow epicarp and abundant pubescence. The fruit is about 3 inches diameter and 1.5 cm walnut, weighing 150 grams
Green rosella eucalypts—forming the bulk of its diet; other items eaten include the seed of the soft tree fern ("Dicksonia antarctica"), cranberry heath ("Astroloma humifusum"), myrtle beech ("Lophozonia cunninghamii"), Australian blackwood ("Acacia melanoxylon"), silver wattle ("Acacia dealbata") and buttercups ("Ranunculus"), berries, nuts and fruit, as well as flowers and new buds of southern sassafras ("Atherosperma moschatum"), mānuka ("Leptospermum scoparium"), shining tea-tree ("Leptospermum nitidum"), swamp honey-myrtle ("Melaleuca squamea"), Tasmanian bluegum ("Eucalyptus globulus"), Smithton peppermint ("Eucalyptus nitida"), messmate stringybark ("Eucalyptus obliqua"), snow gum ("Eucalyptus pauciflora"), manna gum ("Eucalyptus viminalis"), small-fruit hakea ("Hakea microcarpa") and native plum ("Cenarrhenes nitida"). The green rosella has at times