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Corylus maxima

Species of tree

Summary

Species of tree

  • Corylus arborescens G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
  • Corylus balcana P.D.Sell
  • Corylus balcana f. atropurpurea P.D.Sell
  • Corylus intermedia Fingerh.
  • Corylus sativa Poit. & Turpin
  • Corylus tubulosa Willd.

Corylus maxima, the filbert, is a species of hazel in the birch family. It is native to Eurasia and produces an edible nut.

Description

It is a deciduous shrub 6-10 m tall, with stems up to 20 cm thick. The leaves are rounded, 5-12 cm long by 4–10 cm broad, with a coarsely double-serrated margin.

The flowers are wind-pollinated catkins produced in late winter. The male (pollen) catkins are pale yellow, 5–10 cm long, while the female catkins are bright red and only 1–3 mm long. The fruit is a nut produced in clusters of 1–5 together. Each nut is 1.5–2.5 cm long, fully enclosed in a 3–5 cm long, tubular involucre (husk).

Similar species

The filbert is similar to the related common hazel, C. avellana, differing in having the nut more fully enclosed by the tubular involucre. This feature is shared by the beaked hazel C. cornuta of North America, and the Asian beaked hazel C. sieboldiana of eastern Asia.

Distribution and habitat

The species is native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from the Balkans to Ordu in Turkey.

Uses

The filbert nut is edible and is very similar to the hazelnut (cobnut). Its main use in the United States is as large filler (along with peanuts as small filler) in most containers of mixed nuts. Filberts are sometimes grown in orchards for the nuts, but much less often than the common hazel.

The purple-leaved cultivar C. maxima 'Purpurea' is a popular ornamental shrub in gardens.

|Corylus maxima 'Purpurea'.jpg|C. maxima 'Purpurea'

Name

In Oregon, "filbert" is used for commercial hazelnuts in general. Use in this manner has faded partly due to the efforts of Oregon's hazelnut growers to brand their product to better appeal to global markets and avoid confusion.

The etymology for 'filbert' may trace to Norman French. Saint Philibert's feast day is 20 August (old style) and the plant was possibly renamed after him because the nuts were mature on this day.

References

References

  1. (2018). "''Corylus maxima''".
  2. . (2017). ["''Corylus maxima'' Mill."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295467-1). *Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*.
  3. Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins {{ISBN. 0-00-220013-9.{{Page needed. (August 2025)
  4. link. (2009-05-08)
  5. "RHS Plant Selector - ''Corylus maxima'' 'Purpurea'".
  6. [http://www.oregonhazelnuts.org/ Oregon Hazelnut Marketing Board]
  7. "Agriculture Quarterly - Oregon Department of Agriculture".
  8. ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''.
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