Corylus ferox, the Himalayan hazelnut or Tibetan hazelnut, is a species of hazel.Corylus ferox - Wall. Plants for a Future. Accessed 21 February 2019 It is a shrub or tree native to the central and eastern Himalayas and central and northern China.
Description The Himalayan hazelnut is a deciduous tree growing to tall, with a monoecious leaf that can individually be male or female and some can be both sexes. The leaves are rounded or elliptic, long and broad, with a fine and sharply serrated margin and an often truncated apex. The flowers are wind-pollinated catkins and precocious. The male (pollen) catkins are pendulous with numerous solitary flowers and no perianth, while the female catkins are inconspicuous, 6-8 scaly buds and perianth adnate.Corylus ferox Wall. Bhutan Biodiversity Portal. Accessed 21 February 2019
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