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You are bidding on 15 COPPER BEECH SEEDS - Fagus sylvatica purpurea .

Also known as : Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea' - Fagus sylvatica 'Atropurpureum' - Purple Beech Atropunicea European Beech Atropunicea Purple European Beech Atropunicea Copper Beech


The Copper Beech is one of our most beautiful trees.


The smooth glossy leaves are a dark coppery-purple that is often tinged with dark green turning deep spinach green by mid-summer. Leaves are broadly oval, up to 10 cm (4") long, with a pointed tip, and 5 to 9 pairs of straight veins that extend to the wavy margins.


Fruit is a prickly husk, up to 2.5 cm (1") long, on a hairy stem. Inside the husk are 2 to 3 triangular, edible nuts, each about 1.5 cm (5/8") long.

Culture: Prefers full sun to part shade and rich, moist soil with plenty of organic matter; surface roots must never be disturbed by cultivation or covered with sod

Hardiness: USDA Zones 4 through 7

Habit: Grows to 80 feet, spreading 35-45 feet


Medicinal use of Beech: 

The bark is antacid, antipyretic, antiseptic, antitussive, expectorant, odontalgic. A tar (or creosote), obtained by dry distillation of the branches, is stimulating and antiseptic. It is used internally as a stimulating expectorant and externally as an application to various skin diseases. The pure creosote has been used to give relief from toothache, but it should not be used without expert guidance. 

Edible parts of Beech: 

Young leaves - raw. A very nice mild flavor, they go well in a mixed salad. However, the leaves quickly become tough so only the youngest should be used. New growth is usually produced for 2 periods of 3 weeks each year, one in spring and one in mid-summer. Seed - raw or cooked. A pleasant sweet flavor, though rather small and fiddly. The seed can also be dried and ground into a powder and then used with cereal flours when making bread, cakes etc. The seed is rich in oil .

Other uses of the herb: 

A semi-drying oil is obtained from the seed, it is used as a fuel for lighting, as a lubricant, for polishing wood etc. The seed residue is poisonous. The leaf buds harvested in the winter and dried on the twigs are used as toothpicks .

 
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