''Corylus yunnanensis'', the Yunnan hazel, is a species of
hazel
The hazel (''Corylus'') is a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae,Germplasmgobills Information Network''Corylus''Rushforth, K. (1999). ...
nut found in western China.
It is a small tree or shrub.
The flowers have triangular shaped petals. The round nuts which are encased in a very tough oval shaped shell and can be consumed by humans. The plant is not commercially grown for the nuts, rather they are sometimes used as
ornamental plants. They are located in Western Guizhou, Hubei, South Western and Western Sichuan, and Western Yunnan.
References
[A.Camus, 1929 ''In: Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 1: 438'']
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Endemic flora of China
Trees of China
Plants described in 1899
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