Corylus jacquemontii is a species of hazel, found in Asia, within the Himalayas and from Afghanistan through to W. Nepal. It is a small tree or shrub, with grey bark, ovate or obovate (teardrop-shaped) leaves, small flowers and small edible nuts, grouped in small clusters.
Corylus jacquemontii
Corylus jacquemontii seed capsule in Valley of Flowers National Park, India
Hazels are plants of the genus Corylus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels into a separate family Corylaceae. The fruit of the hazel is the hazelnut.
Hazel
Young male catkins of Corylus avellana
Hazel coppice in winter at Bubbenhall in Warwickshire, England
Form (Farges' hazel)