Synonyms
Corylus avellana L.: Corylus alba Aiton ex Steud.; Corylus arborea Steud.; Corylus filicifolia A. DC.; Corylus urticifolia Dippel
Corylus colurna L.: Corylus cervorum Petrov; Corylus iberica Wittm. ex Kem.-Nath.; Corylus jacquemontii Decne; Corylus pontica Dochnahl.
Local Names
Armenia: Corylus avellana: (Tekhleni sovorakan); Corylus colurna (Ardjatekhleni); Azerbaijan: Corylus avellana: Adi fındı;q; Corylus colurna: Ağacvari fındıq, ayı fındığı Georgia: Corylus sp.: – tkhili, – tkhiri (Megrelian), – mtkhiri (Chanetian), – ptkhiri (Rachian), – ptkhili (Rachian), – shdikh (Svanetian), – shdgkhgnd (Svanetian), – shdikhgnd (Svanetian) (Makashvili 1991; Ketskhoveli et al. 1971–2011); English: Hazel.
Botany and Ecology
Corylus avellana L.
Shrubs with spreading branches, up to 5 m tall. Bark is reddish-brown, smooth and papery. Branches are pubescent with stiff glandular hairs. Young branches are yellowish-grey. Winter buds ovoid, 5–6 mm Leaves often broadly ovate with rounded or...
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Batsatsashvili, K. et al. (2017). Corylus avellana L. Corylus colurna L. Betulaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_25
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