What is the use of Castanea mollissima Bl.,or Chinese chestnut? High quality Chestnut extracts powder.
Article Content:
- .Botanical Basic Data of Chestnut.
- .Habitat of chestnut.
- .Chestnut Plant Part Used.
- .Physical Characteristics of Chestnut Part.
- .Composition and Nutrients of Chestnut.
- .Edible Uses of Chestnut.
- .Medicinal Uses of Chestnut.
- .Other Uses of chestnut.
- .Contribution to diet, food uses.
- .Research Update:Castanea mollissima
Physical Characteristics of Chestnut Part.
A decidious tree growing to 25m. It is hardy to zone 4. It is in flower in July, and the seeds ripen in October. The flowers are monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant) and are pollinated by Insects. We rate it 3 out of 5 for usefulness.
The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, requires well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. The plant prefers acid and neutral soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.
Leaves are simple, alternate, deciduous, elliptical to obovate, with bristle-tipped teeth and a hairy underside. Twigs are hairy with white-brown hairy buds. Bark is gray-brown and ridged. Fruit is a brown, edible nut enclosed in a spiny bur. Chinese chestnut is from Asia and planted in the eastern U.S. Some mistake this tree for American chestnut but the leaves of Chinese chestnut are more leathery and hairy below.
Leaf: Alternate, simple, pinnately veined, 5 to 8 inches long. Leaves are more oblong in shape than C. dentata, and bristle tips do not arch forward as sharply as C. dentata. White to green tomentum is present on the underside.
Flower: Male flowers are small and white, borne on catkins, 4 to 5 inches long. Female flowers are borne on aments, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long. Flowers are present in June.
Fruit: The nut is edible, 1 to 1 1/4 inches in diameter, brown, mostly round, but flattened on 1 to 2 sides, 2 to 3 in each bur. Burs are 2 to 3 inches in diameter and are armed with very sharp spines. Matures in September.
Twig: The twig is pubescent and olive-brown in color with prominent lenticels. Buds are gray-brown and pubescent, covered with 2 to 3 overlapping scales.
Bark: Gray-brown to brown, furrowed, but without distinguishable patterns.
Form: A small tree with low branching and a rounded crown.
Leaf Characteristics:broad, flat,simple,not lobed,coarse teeth,leaf 5" - 8" long, deep teeth,short, stout stem
Fruit Characteristics:other fruit,nut in a husk,thinner, spiny husk,2-3 inch diameter, sharp branching spines
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1.What is the use of Castanea mollissima Bl.,or Chinese chestnut? High quality Chestnut extracts powder.
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