Castanea henryi

Castanea henryi, Henry chestnut, Henry's chestnut, or Chinese chinquapin (a name it shares with Castanea seguinii), pearl chestnut, and in Chinese: 锥栗, zhui li, is a species of chestnut native to south-central and southeast China.[2] A tree reaching 30 m, it is a source of good timber, but has smaller nuts than its size might suggest. Like its close relative Castanea mollissima (Chinese chestnut) it is widely cultivated in China, and quite a few varieties have been developed in recent times.[3]

  • Flowers
    Flowers
  • Nuts
    Nuts

Castanea henryi
In fruit
Castanea henryi botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Subfamily: Quercoideae
Genus: Castanea
Species:
C. henryi
Binomial name
Castanea henryi
Synonyms[2]
  • Castanea fargesii Dode
  • Castanea vilmoriniana Dode
  • Castanopsis henryi Skan

References
  1. C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 3: 196 (1916)
  2. "Castanea henryi (Skan) Rehder & E.H.Wilson". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. Li, Ying-Lin; Gu, Guang-Shi; Wu, Jun-Jian; Liu, Bin; Ye, Shu-Tao; Chen, Hui; Chen, Shi-Pin; Li, Yu (2020). "The complete chloroplast genome sequence of a Castanea henryi cultivar". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 5 (1): 180–181. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1698376. PMC 7748877. PMID 33366476. S2CID 212796769.
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