Castanea sativa Mill.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
By the Nyamheni Road, near turn-off to Seldomseen, Vumba

Synonyms:	Castanea vesca Gaertn.
Common names:	Sweet chestnut (English)
Description:	Large deciduous tree to 30 m. Leaves 10-25 cm, oblong-lanceolate; margin serrate-dentate with aristate teeth; glabrous above, pubescent beneath, also becoming glabrous. Catkins 12-20 cm, with conspicuous white anthers; male flowers numerous; female few. Fruit 2-3.5 cm, brown, shiny. Cupule green, bearing dense branched spines.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	sativa: cultivated, not wild
Flowering time:	Sep-Nov
Worldwide distribution:	Native from the Mediterranean to the Caucasus; widely planted and naturalised elsewhere.
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Wednesday 29 July 2009
Literature:	Maroyi, A. (2006). Preliminary checklist of introduced and naturalized plants in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2) Page 221.

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