Castanea sativa

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superrosids • Cladus: rosids • Cladus: eurosids I • Ordo: Fagales • Familia: Fagaceae • Genus: Castanea • Species: Castanea sativa Mill.

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Castanea sativa']

English: Sweet Chestnut
Alemannisch: Edelkastanie
العربية: كستناء حلو
مصرى: كستناء حلو
asturianu: castañal
azərbaycanca: Əkin şabalıdı
تۆرکجه: اکین شابالیدی
Boarisch: Kesten
български: Сладък кестен
bosanski: Pitomi kesten
català: Castanyer
corsu: Castagnu
čeština: kaštanovník jedlý
Cymraeg: Castanwydden bêr
dansk: Ægte kastanje
Deutsch: Ess-Kastanie, Edelkastanie
dolnoserbski: Pšawa kastanija
Canadian English: European chestnut
British English: sweet chestnut tree
Esperanto: Ordinara kastaneo
eesti: Harilik kastanipuu
euskara: Gaztainondo
فارسی: شاه‌بلوط شیرین
suomi: Jalokastanja
français: châtaignier
Nordfriisk: Echt Kastanje
furlan: Cjastinâr
Gaeilge: Castán Eorpach
galego: Castiñeiro
Alemannisch: Edelkastanie
עברית: ערמון
hrvatski: Pitomi kesten
hornjoserbsce: Prawa kastanija
magyar: Szelídgesztenye
հայերեն: Շագանակենի ցանովի
íslenska: Kastaníutré
italiano: Castagno europeo, Castagno
日本語: ヨーロッパグリ
Taqbaylit: Idernen aẓidan
한국어: 유럽밤나무
kernowek: Kesten
Lëtzebuergesch: Séisskäschtebam
lietuvių: Valgomasis kaštainis
latviešu: Ēdamā kastaņa
македонски: Благ костен
norsk bokmål: edelkastanje
नेपाली: ठूलो कटुस
Nederlands: Tamme kastanje, tamme kastanje
norsk nynorsk: Edelkastanje
norsk: Edelkastanje
Pälzisch: Edelkastanie
polski: Kasztan jadalny
português do Brasil: castanheira-portuguesa
română: Castan comestibil
русский: Каштан посевной
sicilianu: Castagnu
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Pitomi kesten
Simple English: Sweet chestnut
slovenčina: Gaštan jedlý
slovenščina: pravi kostanj
shqip: Gështenja e butë
српски / srpski: Питоми кестен
svenska: Äkta kastanj
Türkçe: Anadolu kestanesi
українська: Каштан їстівний
Tiếng Việt: Dẻ thơm
walon: Cascagnî ordinaire
吴语: 欧洲栗
中文: 东欧栗, 欧洲板栗

Images of the whole plant

Trees, Graubünden, Switzerland
Trees, Graubünden, Switzerland
A tree in Marchin, Belgium
A tree in the Swiss alps
tree
Tree, 28 m tall, 1.2 m diameter
Trunk, 28 m tall, 1.2 m diameter
Trees, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise
2 junge Castaneae vor dem Chor von St. Sebastian, Magdeburg
Remarkable chestnut tree in Levie - Corsica - (France).
Remarkable sweet chestnut in Mariemont Park - Morlanwelz-Mariemont (Belgium)
Remarkable chestnut trees alley of the Strée-lez-Huy castle, Belgium
Remarkable Castanea sativa ( Natural monument) in Langenlois, Niederösterreich
Queen Ermengarde's Chestnut, Balmerino Abbey, Fife, Scotland (UK)
Gasper's chestnut tree, 400 years old, Slovenia's thickest chesnut tree, Močilno, Slovenia
Castanea Sativa in Buchbach near Ternitz in Niederösterreich

Trunk & bark

Retiform bark
Ancient coppice, Banstead Woods, Surrey
Ancient coppice as seen from other side
Castanea sativa coppice stool from woods in north Kent, England, UK. Uncut for perhaps 15-20 years.
Castanea sativa coppice stool from woods in north Kent, England, UK. Uncut for perhaps 25-30 years.
Castanea sativa
Bark from a 150-year-old tree in Langenlois, Austria

Leaves

Young leaves (Artvin, Turkey)
Twigs

Inflorescences

Catkins
Female

Capsules (fruit)

See also: Chestnuts

Foliage, old male catkins, immature fruit
Chestnuts in Cévennes (France)

Cultivars

'Albomarginata' stem
'Albomarginata' leaves
name at tree in arboretum
'Aureomarginata' habitus
'Aureomarginata' leaves
'Aureomarginata' leaves and inflorescence

Botanical illustrations

Jean-Pierre Houël: Castagno dei cento cavalli, 1776-1779
Original scan
Clean version
Castanea sativa
(as syn.
Castanea vulgaris)
plate 142 in:
Wayside and woodland blossoms,
1895
Castanea sativa
(as syn.
Castanea vulgaris)
plate 142 in:
Wayside and woodland blossoms,
1895

alternative
crop
Castanea sativa buds illustration
Castanea sativa catkin illustration
Castanea sativa flower illustration
Castanea sativa nut illustration
Castanea sativa leaf illustration
Castanea sativa tree illustration