Chinese Chestnut

(Castanea chinensis)

Fagaceae (Beech Family)

▲▼ mature tree

▲▼ leaves and buds

▲▼ fruit

▲▼ 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