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Species is used as ornament. The toasted fruits are consumed by humans. Apreciated by beekeepers. Its oil is a great healer and natural sunscreen. Its leaves are used to treat wounds. Gevuina is the latinization of the indigenous name of the species; avellana makes reference to the fruits of Corylus avellana, the hazelnut of Europe. |
Compound leaves, imparipinnate, serrated; petioles, stems and leaf are reddish when young |
This species has light grey bark. |
Flowers in yellowish-white clusters. Flowering from October to April. |
Fruit, an edible nut, changes from red to brown during the maturation. |
In Chile it grows between the regions of Maule and Los Lagos (The Lakes). Found on trails that border the Truful and Fuy rivers, and the pampa las bandurrias. |