Chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus Castanea, in the beech family Fagaceae. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. They are native to temperate regions of the Nort
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Chestnuts at Ljubljana Central Market
Bark of C. sativa (sweet chestnut)
C. sativa male catkins (pale buff) and female catkins (green, spiny, partly hidden by leaves)
A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a single seed. In botany, the use of the term nut implies that the shell does not open to release the seed.
Chestnut
…Chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus Castanea, in the beech family Fagaceae. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Chestnut trees are of moderate growth rate (for the Chinese chestnut…
Diagram of a shagbark hickory nut
An Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) with a hazelnut in its mouth