Manchurian hazel nut
Corylus mandshurica

Family: Betulaceae

What it is like

A shrub or small tree. It grows 6 m tall. The bark is grey to brown and cracked. The small branches are softly hairy. The leaf stalk is 1-3 cm long and slender. The leaf blade is broadly oval and 6-12 cm long by 4-9 cm wide. Flowers are separately male and female. The male flowers occur as 2-4 in a cluster. The bracts around the female flower clusters are tube shaped. The nut is enclosed by bracts. It is 1.5 cm across.

There are about 15 Corylus species.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It grows in temperate forests, thickets between 400–2600 m. altitude in China.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Russia

How it is used for food

The nuts are eaten raw.

It is a cultivated food plant.

Edible parts

Nuts

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Mao zhen

Synonyms

Corylus rostrata Aiton var. mandshurica (Maximowicz) Regel; Corylus sieboldiana Blume var. mandshurica (Maximowicz) C. K. Schneider.;