Nut Trees
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
The Red Nut tree is a beautiful, small evergreen, native to the warmer parts of Australia. It is a genus of two species of trees in the family Proteaceae-Hicksbeachia pilosa and Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia. They are both uncommon but H. pinnatifolia is the more commonly grown, due to its edible nuts.
The red Nut grows […]
Acorn – quercus edulis
Saturday, March 8th, 2008Acorn, (edible) – quercus edulis- is a handsome evergreen nut tree, native to Mediterranean, which grows up to 7meters tall. The dark green laurel-like leaves make it the most unlike looking member of the entire oak family. Flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same tree. It produces […]
Oyster Nut: telfairia pedata, telfairia occidentalis
Friday, February 8th, 2008The oyster nut is a member of the Cucurbitaceae family, not a nut tree, which has a tremendous genetic diversity of nearly 100 genera and over 750 species. It is a perennial large vine grown in West, Central and East Africa. It is drought tolerant and can grow at elevations up to 2,000 m. […]
Chestnut - castanea
Friday, January 18th, 2008Chestnut castanea, is a genus of eight species of nut trees and shrubs in the beech family. Most of the species are large trees growing to 20-40 m tall. The leaves are ovate, 10-30 cm long and 4-10 cm broad, with pointed, widely-spaced teeth. The flowers are catkins produced in mid summer with an unpleasant […]
Macadamia - macadamia integrifolia, m. tetraphylla
Sunday, December 30th, 2007Macadamia is a genus of eight species in the Proteaceae family, with a distribution to eastern Australia; seven native species and Indonesia; one species. Two of the eight macadamia species produce nuts that are a valuable food crop and of a commercial importance (M. integrifolia and M. tetraphylla). The rest of the genus possess poisonous […]
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