Sweet chestnut
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The sweet chestnut, also known as the Spanish chestnut or European chestnut, is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae.
Chestnuts
Habit
Ancient tree, Corsica
Growth rings
Aesculus hippocastanum
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Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large, deciduous, synoecious tree. It is also called horse-ch
Sweet chestnut
…an age of 500 to 600 years. In cultivation they may even grow as old as 1,000 years or more. The tree is only distantly related to the horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum, which bears superficially similar but inedible seeds (conkers) in a dehiscent seed case (ie. it splits open). Other common names include "Spanish…
Illustration Aesculus hippocastanum 0 clean
Inflorescence
Typical rootstock of a Aesculus hippocastanum.
A selection of fresh conkers