plant description General - height 40 m, spread 20 m, an erect deciduous tree with a conical habit when young and furrowed grey bark. Leaves - fan shaped, 12 cm across, turn yellow in autumn Flowers - male - thick, yellow catkins/female - white, round, solitary Fruit - yellow-green, plum-like, unpleasant smell when ripe parts used leaves, seeds, oil harvest Leaves are picked as they change colour in autumn. Kernels (seeds) are harvested from ripe fruit.

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