Corylus chinensis Franch.

Chinese hazlenut (en), Noisetier (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Betulaceae > Corylus

Characteristics

Trees to 40 m tall; bark gray-brown, fissured. Branchlets purplish brown, slender, sparsely villous, stipitate glandular, glabrescent. Petiole 1-2.5 cm, densely villous, stipitate glandular; leaf blade ovate, ovate-elliptic, or obovate-elliptic, 8-18 × 6-12 cm, base obliquely cordate, margin irregularly and doubly serrate, apex mucronate or shortly caudate, abaxially bearded in axils of lateral veins, villous along veins, adaxially glabrous; lateral veins 7-11 on each side of midvein. Male inflorescences 4-6 in a cluster, cylindric, 1.5-2 cm; bracts rhombic-ovate, pubescent. Female inflorescences 2-6 in a cluster; bracts forming a tubular sheath, 2-6 cm, striate, pilose, stipitate glandular, much constricted above nut and deeply divided into linear lobes, usually forked at apex. Nut enclosed by bracts, ovoid-globose, 1-1.5 cm in diam., glabrous.
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A spreading tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 20 m tall. It spreads 5 m wide. The bark is grey-brown and has cracks along it. The leaves are simple and oval. They are heart shaped at the base. The male flowers are like catkins and these grow 5 cm long. They hang down. The female catkins are small and red.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 5.0
Mature height (meter) 24.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests on moist mountain slopes between 1200–3500 m altitude in China. It does best in a cool temperate. It is resistant to frost but damaged by drought.
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Shady mixed forests. Forests on moist mountain slopes; at elevations from 1,200-3,500 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-7

Usage

The nuts are eaten raw. The fruit are used for making pastries. The leaves are used for tea.
Uses breeding eating environmental use food gene source tea timber wood
Edible fruits leaves nuts seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from fresh ripe seeds. It can also be grown by layering.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -22
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Corylus chinensis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Corylus chinensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295451-1
WFO ID wfo-0000925287
COL ID YQ5C
BDTFX ID 120994
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Corylus chinensis Corylus papyracea Corylus chinensis var. macrocarpa Corylus colurna var. chinensis