Showing Food Chinese chestnut
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| Name | Chinese chestnut | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Castanea mollissima | ||||||||||
| Description | Castanea mollissima (Chinese chestnut) is a member of the family Fagaceae, and a species of chestnut native to China, Taiwan, and Korea. The fruit is a densely spiny cupule 4?8 cm diameter, containing two or three glossy brown nuts; these are 2?3 cm diameter on wild trees. The scientific name mollissima derives from the softly downy shoots and young leaves. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00331 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Nuts | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Nuts | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Fagales | ||||||||||
| Family | Fagaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Castanea | ||||||||||
| Species | mollissima | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 501318 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Chinese_chestnut | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||