Black Walnut Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) is a tall deciduous tree of the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to the eastern and central United States, where it grows in rich bottomland soils and reaches 30-40 m. The dark, deeply furrowed bark, large pinnate leaves of 15-23 leaflets and round green fruits are distinctive; the thick husk around the nut blackens as it ripens and stains hands and cloth a deep brown, a traditional source of dye and ink. The hull has a bitter, strongly astringent taste. We extract the dried hull and the dried leaf.