Corylus maxima

Lambert hazel (Corylus maxima)

The Lambert hazel (Corylus maxima) is a species of the genus hazel.

Description

The Lambert hazel is a summer green foliage woods. It grows as a large shrub or tree; it reaches greater heights of growth than the Common Hazel (Corylus avellana ). The leaves often have a very intense brown-red glow. The nut of the hazel Lambert is like most of the " Zellernuss " and is, at the upper end of the slotted a very long necked pericarp surrounded.

Distribution and location

The Lambert hazel originates probably from southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. Your name is a variation of lampartische nut ( MHG lampartisch = Lombard ).

The Lambert hazel is sensitive to cold than the local congregation in Germany hazel. Your main growing area is located in the Turkish Black Sea region. There are generated three-quarters of the world's produced commercially available " hazelnuts "; only the smaller part of the world's production of hazelnuts comes from the commons hazel.

Varieties

Some cultivars of Lambert hazel, such as the 'White Filbert ', ' Webb' price follower ' (a cross with the Commons hazel ) or the ' Band Sap are primarily grown commercially.

The " blood hazel " is a rotlaubige variety ( Corylus maxima ' Purpurea '); it is often planted as an ornamental shrub in gardens. It is often mistakenly viewed as a cultivated form of Commons hazel. Your Nuts are also edible, but are usually smaller than the parent form.