Carya sinensis

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|status_system = IUCN2.3

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|genus = Carya

|species = sinensis

|authority = Dode

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• Annamocarya indochinensis {{small|(A.Chev.) A.Chev.}}
• Annamocarya sinensis {{small|(Dode) J.-F.Leroy}}
• Carya indochinensis {{small|(A.Chev.) W.E.Manning & Hjelmq.}}
• Carya integrifoliolata {{small|(Kuang) Hjelmq.}}
• Juglandicarya integrifoliolata {{small|(Kuang) Hu}}
• Juglans indochinensis {{small|A.Chev.}}
• Rhamphocarya integrifoliolata {{small|Kuang}}

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Carya sinensis (syn. Annamocarya sinensis) is a species of tree native to southwestern China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan) and northern Vietnam, in the hickory genus Carya.{{cite POWO |id=442199-1 |title=Carya sinensis Dode |access-date=17 May 2023 }} It is sometimes called Chinese hickory or beaked hickory. It is closely related to Carya kweichowensis.{{cite journal |title=The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Annamocarya sinensis (Juglandaceae), an Endangered species endemic to Yunnan Province, China |year=2020 |last1=Ji |first1=Yuman |last2=Zhang |first2=Wanjie |last3=Li |first3=Dan |last4=Shen |first4=Lixin |journal=Mitochondrial DNA Part B |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=2021–2023 |doi=10.1080/23802359.2020.1756477 |pmid=33457728 |pmc=7782989 }}

It is a medium-sized to large evergreen tree growing to {{cvt|30|m}} tall. The leaves are {{cvt|30|-|50|cm}} long, and pinnate with 7–11 leaflets. The leaflets have an entire margin, which distinguishes it from other Carya, where the leaflets have a serrated margin. The flowers are catkins produced in spring, with the male catkins in clusters of five to eight together (single in other Carya). The fruit is a nut {{cvt|6|-|8|cm}} long and {{cvt|4|-|6|cm}} broad, with a prominent, acute beak at the apex.