Friday 13 June 2014

Bladder Nut (Staphylea colchica)


Bladder Nut, Staphylea colchica

Planted  a few months ago in the border at the bottom of the quad, the Bladder Nut, Staphylea colchica, has started to produce unusual bladder shaped, greenish-white capsules. This upright, deciduous shrub produces panicles of fragrant white flowers followed by these 'Bladder Nut' capsules, another great addition to the college gardens.

Bladder shaped capsules

UPDATE: 5th December 2018

The shrub is now 12-15 foot tall and producing numerous capsules that turn brown in the winter, contain small bladder nuts that rattle within the dried capsule as the wind blows.

Brown capsules

Capsules containing nuts

Edible Bladder Nuts

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