and also the growth habit (whether a tree or a suckering shrub), are important in the identification of the different species of hazel. Kernels of nuts from various cultivars make up between 33.20% to 49.5% of the fruit, especially cultivars grown close to the Mediterranean Sea.

Fossils date back to the Cretaceous, and it was likely part of the diet of certain dinosaurs.

Species

Corylus has around 14-18 species.

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