2. Corylus heterophylla is one of the important nut tree species, woody oil tree species, belonging to Corylus of Corylaceae. There are 16 species in the world, mainly distributed in Asia, Europe and North America.
3. The fruit is chestnut-shaped, oval, with a yellowish brown shell. The seeds are fragrant, sweet and oily, and mature in autumn.
Turkey is the main producing area. In China, hazelnut is rarely cultivated in a large area, but there are wild varieties in the vast mountainous areas of Northeast China and North China, which are collected by local people and sold as mountain products. Xinji, Hebei Province has started large-scale planting in the plain.