Chinese Cestnut

Chinese Chestnut

(Castanea chinensis)

Fagaceae (Beech Family)

▲ ▼ mature tree

▲ ▼ leaves and buds

▲ ▼ fruit

▲ ▼ fruit and nuts

▲ trunk and bark

Location on or near campus: west side of Discovery Center building; Japanese Stroll Garden

Castanea mollisima: Chinese Chestnut

smaller growing tree than American Chestnut, with low branching, but with larger fruit and resistant to blight
useful as small landscape tree and for nut production