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Betulaceae

57 edible species

Trees and shrubs including birch, alder, and hazelnut; hazelnuts are edible nuts.

Alnus cordata
Alnus cordata

Italian elder

Edible: Not edible.

Alnus glutinosa
Alnus glutinosa

Black alder, European alder

Edible: Leaves & Bark - medicine

Alnus glutinosa subsp. barbata
Alnus glutinosa subsp. barbata

Edible: Leaves - tea;

Alnus incana
Alnus incana

Grey alder

Edible: Not edible. The dried wood is used for smoking meat.

Alnus nepalensis
Alnus nepalensis

Nepalese alder

Edible: Leaves - tea

Alnus rhombifolia
Alnus rhombifolia

White alder

Edible: Bark

Alnus rubra
Alnus rubra

Oregon alder, Red alder

Edible: Wood - flavour, Bark, Buds, Catkins, Sap

Alnus serrulata
Alnus serrulata

Hazel alder, Smooth alder

Edible: tea, Possibly medicine

Alnus sinuata - (Regel.)Rydb.
Alnus sinuata - (Regel.)Rydb.

Sitka Alder

Edible: Flowers

Alnus tenuifolia
Alnus tenuifolia

Mountain alder

Edible: Wood - flavour

Alnus viridis crispa - (Aiton.)Turrill.
Alnus viridis crispa - (Aiton.)Turrill.

American Green Alder

Edible: Flowers

Alnus viridis subsp. crispa
Alnus viridis subsp. crispa

Mountain alder

Edible: Wood - flavour

Betula alleghaniensis
Betula alleghaniensis

Yellow birch

Edible: Sap, Leaves - spice, Leaves - tea, Bark

Betula alnoides
Betula alnoides

Indian birch

Edible: Bark

Betula cylindrostachya
Betula cylindrostachya

Saur, Sunli

Edible: Fruit, Bark - masticatory, Buds - tea

Betula glandulosa
Betula glandulosa

Scrub birch, Ground birch, Dwarf birch

Edible: Flowers, Leaves - tea

Betula kenaica
Betula kenaica

Kenai Birch, Alaskan Paper Birch

Edible: Flowers, Leaves

Betula lenta
Betula lenta

Sweet birch, Black birch

Edible: Sap, Bark, Leaves - tea, Twigs - oil

Betula nana
Betula nana

Bog Birch, Dwarf Birch, Smooth Dwarf, Birch, Swamp Birch

Edible: Flowers, Leaves - tea

Betula nigra
Betula nigra

River Birch, Red Birch, Tropical birch

Edible: Bark, Sap

Betula occidentalis
Betula occidentalis

Water birch, White birch

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Sap

Betula papyrifera
Betula papyrifera

Paper birch, Canoe Birch, White birch

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Sap, Bark, Leaves - tea

Betula pendula
Betula pendula

European Birch, Silver Birch

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Sap - wine, Bark

Betula platyphylla
Betula platyphylla

White Birch, Asian white birch

Edible: Inner bark Sap

Betula populifolia
Betula populifolia

Grey birch

Edible: Sap, Bark

Betula pubescens
Betula pubescens

White birch, Brown Birch, Downy birch, Hairy birch

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Sap

Betula pubescens var. litwinowii
Betula pubescens var. litwinowii

Edible: Juice - drink

Betula utilis
Betula utilis

Himalayan birch

Edible: Bark - tea, Stems - water

Carpinus betulus
Carpinus betulus

Horse bean, Horsebeam, Witch hazel

Edible: Sap, Leaves

Carpinus caroliniana
Carpinus caroliniana

American Hornbeam

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Carpinus orientalis
Carpinus orientalis

Edible: ?

Corylus americana
Corylus americana

American Hazelnut, American filbert

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana

Hazel nuts, Cob-nut Hazel, Filberts

Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Flavouring, Spice, Oil, Flowers, Buds, Leaves

Corylus avellana pontica - (C.Koch.)Winkl.
Corylus avellana pontica - (C.Koch.)Winkl.

Edible: Oil, Oil, Seed

Corylus avellana var. pontica
Corylus avellana var. pontica

Edible: Seeds, Nut

Corylus chinensis
Corylus chinensis

Chinese hazel tree, Chen

Edible: Seeds, Nuts, Leaves - tea

Corylus colurna
Corylus colurna

Turkish Hazel tree

Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Fruit, Leaves

Corylus cornuta
Corylus cornuta

Beaked hazelnut, Beaked filbert

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Corylus cornuta californica - (A.DC.)E.Murray.
Corylus cornuta californica - (A.DC.)E.Murray.

California Hazel

Edible: Oil, Seed

Corylus cornuta var. californica
Corylus cornuta var. californica

California hazel

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Corylus fargesii
Corylus fargesii

Pi zhen ye zhen

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Corylus ferox
Corylus ferox

Himalayan hazel

Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Fruit

Corylus heterophylla
Corylus heterophylla

Siberian filbert, Siberian hazel

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

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Corylus hybrids & neohybrids

Hybrid & Neohybrids, Hazel, Filbert

Edible: Oil, Seed

Corylus jacquemontii
Corylus jacquemontii

Indian tree hazel

Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Oil

Corylus mandshurica
Corylus mandshurica

Manchurian hazel nut

Edible: Nuts

Corylus maxima
Corylus maxima

Filbert tree, Giant filbert, Purple-leaf hazel

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Corylus sieboldiana
Corylus sieboldiana

Japanese hazel, Siebold's hazel

Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Seeds-oil, Fruit

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Corylus sieboldiana mandschurica - (Maxim.&Rupr.)Sc

Hairy hazel, Japanese hazelnut

Edible: Oil, Seed

Corylus sieboldiana subsp. mandschurica
Corylus sieboldiana subsp. mandschurica

Hairy hazel, Japanese hazelnut

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Corylus tibetica
Corylus tibetica

Tibetan Hazelnut

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Corylus x colurnoides
Corylus x colurnoides

Trazel, Turkish trazel

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Corylus x sp 1
Corylus x sp 1

Hazelbert, Mildred filbert

Edible: Nuts

Corylus x sp 2
Corylus x sp 2

Filazel

Edible: Nuts

Corylus x vilmorinii
Corylus x vilmorinii

Chinese trazel

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Corylus yunnanensis
Corylus yunnanensis

Dian zhen

Edible: Nuts

Ostryopsis davidiana
Ostryopsis davidiana

Shirenghen chai

Edible: Leaves - tea