Gold Nut

About

Common Names

Gold Nut / Drur Kop (Waejir)

Classification

Culinary Nut Tree

Description

A shrubby tree with small round nuts cased in a fuzzy golden-brown sheath.

Ecology

Rarity

Distribution

Life Cycle

Uses

Cultivation

Culinary

• Nuts - Eaten whole after toasting or ground into spreadable paste.

Medicinal

• Carminative - The nuts are a known carminative.
• Nauseant - The fuzzy outer sheath of the nuts will bring on nausea if consumed.

Other

• Dye - The inner nut is a useful dye of soft brown hue.

History

Cultural

Religious