Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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1891.000 Castanea - Chestnuts
Description of the genus
Monoecious, deciduous trees. Leaves serrate with aristate teeth. Male flowers in erect catkins; female flowers in the lower part of the same catkin. Male flowers: perianth 6-lobed; stamens 10-20. Female flowers: c. 3 in each cupule; ovary 6-locular; styles 7-9. Fruit 1-3, brown, completely enclosed in a prickly cupule, which splits into 2-4 valves. Worldwide: 10 species in northern temperate regions. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Castanea:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CastaneaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Castanea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Castanea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Castanea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Castanea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Castanea
JSTOR Plant Science: Castanea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Castanea
Plants of the World Online: Castanea
Tropicos: Castanea
Wikipedia: Castanea
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