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Chestnut wood: Note the splitting at the top of the log. Chestnut is of the same family as oak, and likewise its wood contains many tannins. [38] This renders the wood very durable, [38] gives it excellent natural outdoor resistance, [38] [108] and saves the need for other protection treatment. It also corrodes iron slowly, although copper ...
The female flowers eventually form a spiky sheath that deters predators from the seed. [4] The sweet chestnut is naturally self incompatible, meaning that the plant cannot pollinate itself, making cross-pollination necessary. [5] Some cultivars only produce one large seed per cupule, while others produce up to three seeds. [5]
Young tree in natural habitat American chestnut male (pollen) catkins. Castanea dentata is a rapidly-growing, large, deciduous hardwood eudicot tree. [20] A singular specimen manifest in Maine has attained a height of 115 feet (35 m) [21] Pre-blight sources give a maximum height of 100 feet (30 m) and a maximum circumference of 13 feet (4.0 m). [22]
Aesculus glabra Ohio buckeye Flower of Aesculus x carnea, the red horse chestnut Fruit of a Horse-chestnut still in a half cocoon of which the fragile sprout has already reached the soil. The genus Aesculus ( / ˈ ɛ s k j ʊ l ə s / [ 1 ] or / ˈ aɪ s k j ʊ l ə s / ), with species called buckeye and horse chestnut , comprises 13–19 ...
Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, [1] [2] [3] is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae.It is a large, deciduous, synoecious (hermaphroditic-flowered) tree. [4]
Eleocharis dulcis, the Chinese water chestnut or water chestnut, is a grass-like sedge native to Asia, tropical Africa, and Oceania. It is grown in many countries for its edible corms , but if eaten uncooked, the surface of the plants may transmit fasciolopsiasis .
Leaf and flower detail of a Chinese chestnut at New York Botanical Garden. It is a deciduous tree growing to 20 metres (66 ft) tall with a broad crown. The leaves are alternate, simple, 10–22 centimetres (4– 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and 4.5–8 cm (1 + 3 ⁄ 4 – 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) broad, with a toothed margin.
Pachira aquatica is a tropical wetland tree in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America where it grows in swamps. It is known by its common names Malabar chestnut, French peanut, Guiana chestnut, Provision tree, Saba nut, Monguba (), Pumpo and Jelinjoche and is commercially sold under the names Money tree and Money plant.