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By goodadmin | September 15, 2007
by steve stamos
The Common Hazelnut tree Corylus avellana is a species of hazel native to Europe and Asia. It is usually a shrub reaching 3-8 m tall, but could reach 15 m. The leaves are rounded, 6-12 cm long, deciduous and hairy on both sides. The hazelnut tree is originated along the Black Sea around Turkey through the Mediterranean region.
The blossoms are produced very early on in spring, earlier than the leaves. The male flowers are pale yellow up to 12 cm long showy catkins, the female very small and mostly hidden in the buds, with just the red 1-3 mm long styles visible. The fruit of the hazelnut tree is a nut, developed in bunches of one to five, with each held in a short leafy husk which envelops about 75% of the nut. The nut is more or less spherical to ovoid, up to 2.5 cm long and2 cm wide, brown with a light mark at the base.
The nuts fall out of the husk when mature, approximately 7-8 months from pollination. Corylus avellana It is readily distinguished from the closely related Filbert Corylus maxima by the shortish husk; in the Filbert the nuts are fully enclosed. The name “hazelnut” applies to the nuts of any of the species of the genus Corylus. There are numerous cultivars of the Hazel. The bulk of commercial Hazelnut is raised as graft onto stock of the Turkish Hazel Corylus colurna.
Common hazelnut tree is cultivated for its nuts in commercial plantations. The kernel is edible and utilized raw, roasted or ground into a paste. The Hazelnut is extensively utilized in confection and also in combination with chocolate. Hazelnuts are popular as a coffee flavoring, particularly in the form of Hazelnut café latte. Vodka-based Hazelnut liqueurs, such as Frangelico, are as well growing in popularity.
Hazelnuts are harvested annually when autumn comes to a close at which time the trees drop the nuts and foliages. Hazelnuts are rich in protein and polyunsaturated fat. Furthermore, they contain important amounts of vitamin B1 and vitamin B6.
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