Beneath the Bough

Rebuild our home, one tree at a time

Category: International

  • Ziziphus Jujuba

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    Hannah Ko
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    Common Name(s): Jujube, Chinese Date, Indian Plum Phonetic Spelling: ZIZ-uh-fuss joo-JOO-buh Description: Heights range from 15 feet all the way to 50 feet tall. Characterized by its dense, zigzag-shaped branches, and small green leaves. Takes around 3-4 years to bear fruit. Extremely drought tolerant and grows in diverse climates. However, it thrives in warm/hot summer…

  • Manchurian Walnut Tree

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    Hannah Ko
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    Juglans mandshurica, also known as monkey nuts, or tigernut, is a species of deciduous tree in the walnut family Juglandacea, native to the Eastern Asiatic Region (China, Russian Far East, North Korea and South Korea). It grows to about 25 m. This species was first described by the Russian botanist Carl Johann Maximowicz, in Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg,…