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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Brown capsules |
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| Capsules containing nuts |
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| Edible Bladder Nuts |
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