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Turkish hazelnut in the shell belonging to the birch family #283071219
Description
Turkish hazelnut & x28; Corylus colurna & x29; is a species of the genus Corylus in the birch family & x28;Betulaceae& x29; . It is also known by common or local names such as tree nut, bear nut, balkan nut, rock nut, skybulak nut, budak nut. Turkish hazelnut was named after it was taken from Anatolia to Austria for furniture production in the 16th century . Due to this feature of the tree, it is valuable it is protected in small areas of its distribution in its natural habitat and is included in the protected species in the IUCN list.