Common Name: Radal (mapuche) or Wild Walnut
Scientific Name: Lomatia hirsuta
Family: Proteaceae

Description

The Walnut tree is green and small, and can reach 15m high and 80cm of diameter. Located between the IV and X Chile regions, this tree grows on various climatic and grounds conditions. The Walnut bark is light grey with longitudinal and little deep cuts.

Walnut wood is very similar to Hazelnut wood, but of a poorer quality and thus mainly used as firewood, all the more so it grows in large quantity. The bark oh this tree is used to dye wool in a naturally way, giving it a dark coffee color.