Showing Food Japanese chestnut
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| Name | Japanese chestnut | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Castanea crenata | ||||||||||
| Description | Japanese Chestnut (Castanea crenata) is a species of chestnut originally native to Japan and South Korea. It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 10-15 m tall. The leaves are similar to those of the Sweet Chestnut, though usually a little smaller, 8-19 cm long and 3-5 cm broad. The flowers of both sexes are borne in 7-20 cm long, upright catkins, the male flowers in the upper part and female flowers in the lower part. They appear in summer, and by autumn, the female flowers develop into spiny cupules containing 3-7 brownish nuts that are shed during October. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00385 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Nuts | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Nuts | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 506540 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Japanese 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. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. | ||||||||||