Walnuts

During each season, the fruits are ready for harvesting by August when the thick green hull begins to crack open to expose light brown colored hard-shelled “walnut.” Each nut is roughly spherical in shape, about the size of medium-sized lemon weighing about 10-15 g and enclosing single edible kernel inside.

Structurally, the walnut kernel consists of two uneven, corrugated lobes, off white in color and covered by a paper thin, light brown skin. The lobes are partially attached to each other. Oil extracted from the nuts, apart from cooking, has also been used in as base or carrier oil in medicine, and aromatherapy.