Castanea mollissima Blume, 1851 33% complete

Chinese chestnut

Mus. Bot. 1: 286 (1851)


Data sources

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Sourced11 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Blume No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Mus. Bot. 1: 286 (1851) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1851 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Chinese chestnut No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations China to N. Korea No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 1350 cm
  • 1350 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 214, 554, 873
Sourced
Flower color yellow Sourced
Flower conspicuous true
  • true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Foliage color green Sourced
Foliage texture coarse Differs from sources
Fruit color brown Sourced
Fruit conspicuous true
  • true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth form Multiple Stem
  • Multiple Stem · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth habit Tree
  • Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth rate Rapid Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration empty Not on the record
Ecology
Ph maximum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 5
  • pH 5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type —
  • berries_nuts_seeds, food_general, fuelwood, human_food, medical, nursery_stock, other, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92
Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record