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<big>''[[Castanea sativa]]'' Miller</big>
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:Family: Fagaceae
== Vernacular names ==
*European chestnut, Spanish chestnut (En). Marronnier, châtaignier (Fr).
== Distribution ==
Originating from the Mediterranean, now cultivated in mild temperate Europe and subtropical regions. Occasionally planted in United States, Soviet Union, and in mountain areas of the tropics, e.g. in Indonesia at 1400 m altitude.
== Uses ==
The nuts are eaten raw, roasted or dried, or prepared into chocolates, pastries, etc. The bark contains tannin. Trees are also planted as ornamentals or to protect against erosion.
== Observations ==
Tree, up to 30 m tall. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, up to 22 cm long, coarsely serrate. Fruit a spiny 2-4-valved burl (cupule), containing 1-4 nuts. Nuts flattened to subglobose, 1-3 cm diameter, brown. Many cultivars exist. Other ''Castanea'' species with edible nuts might be worth trying in the higher altitude tropics, e.g. ''C. dentata'' Borkh. (American chestnut), ''C. mollissima'' Blume (Chinese chestnut), ''C. crenata'' Sieb. & Zucc. (Japanese chestnut), ''C. pumila'' (L.) P. Miller (dwarf chestnut).
== Selected sources ==
10, 26, 51.
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Castanea sativa'' (PROSEA)}}
<big>''[[Castanea sativa]]'' Miller</big>
__NOTOC__
:Family: Fagaceae
== Vernacular names ==
*European chestnut, Spanish chestnut (En). Marronnier, châtaignier (Fr).
== Distribution ==
Originating from the Mediterranean, now cultivated in mild temperate Europe and subtropical regions. Occasionally planted in United States, Soviet Union, and in mountain areas of the tropics, e.g. in Indonesia at 1400 m altitude.
== Uses ==
The nuts are eaten raw, roasted or dried, or prepared into chocolates, pastries, etc. The bark contains tannin. Trees are also planted as ornamentals or to protect against erosion.
== Observations ==
Tree, up to 30 m tall. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, up to 22 cm long, coarsely serrate. Fruit a spiny 2-4-valved burl (cupule), containing 1-4 nuts. Nuts flattened to subglobose, 1-3 cm diameter, brown. Many cultivars exist. Other ''Castanea'' species with edible nuts might be worth trying in the higher altitude tropics, e.g. ''C. dentata'' Borkh. (American chestnut), ''C. mollissima'' Blume (Chinese chestnut), ''C. crenata'' Sieb. & Zucc. (Japanese chestnut), ''C. pumila'' (L.) P. Miller (dwarf chestnut).
== Selected sources ==
10, 26, 51.
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