Hasal Palam / Hazel Nuts (Raw)

Hasal Palam / Hazel Nuts (Raw) - 100 gm

Botanical Name : Corylus avellana English Name : Hazel Nuts Tamil Name : Hasal Palam /

About :
Hazel Nut is a shrub reaching 3?8 m tall. The leaves are deciduous, rounded, 6?12 cm long and across, softly hairy on both surfaces, and with a double-serrate margin. The flowers are produced very early in spring. The fruit is a nut, produced in clusters of one to five together, each nut held in a short leafy involucres which encloses about three quarters of the nut. The nut is roughly spherical to oval, 15?20 mm long and 12?20 mm broad and up to 25 mm long

Benefits :
Hazal nuts are having very high dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals and packed with numerous health promoting phytochemicals. Hazels are exceptionally rich in folate, which is a unique feature for this nuts. It helps prevent megaloblastic anemia, and most importantly, neural tube defects in the newborn. Besides being rich in folates, Hazal Nuts are rich in important B-complex groups of vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, pantothenic acid, and pyridoxine (vitamin B-6). Hazal Nuts help prevent microcytic-anemia. Magnesium and phosphorus are vital components of bone metabolism.