Castanea sativa
Sweet Chestnut
Forms a tall, stately tree with wide-spreading branches. Great shade tree for wide, open spaces. Glossy, deep-green leaves with sharply-toothed margins. Red-brown fruits wrapped in a green, spiky case ripen in autumn. Yellow autumn leaves. Has both male and female flowers on the same tree, but these are mostly self-incompatible, so more than one tree is required for pollination and nut production.
Exotic
Deciduous
Edible
Paddocks
Shade
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Taxonomy and Etymology
Family: Fagaceae, a family of flowering trees and shrubs. In temperate regions, species of this family are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropical regions, many species occur as evergreen.
Genus: Castanea, castanea (Latin, noun), meaning 'chestnut tree, chestnut'. Commonly known as chestnut, a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs that are native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Species: Castanea sativa, satīva (Latin, adjective), meaning 'sown, planted, cultivated', in reference to the species being widely cultivated by humans since ancient times.
Common Name: Sweet Chestnut
Description and Features
Description: Forms a tall, stately tree with wide-spreading branches. Great shade tree for wide, open spaces. Glossy, deep-green leaves with sharply-toothed margins. Red-brown fruits wrapped in a green, spiky case ripen in autumn. Yellow autumn leaves. Has both male and female flowers on the same tree, but these are mostly self-incompatible, so more than one tree is required for pollination and nut production.
Height: 10m
Width: 7m
Uses: Paddocks, Shade
Winter Foliage: Deciduous
Origin: Exotic
Types: Edible
Foliage:
Summer: Green
Autumn: Yellow
Winter: None
Spring: Green
Fruit:
Summer: None
Autumn: Green, Red, Brown
Winter: None
Spring: None