name: Chinese Chestnut

flavor_db_name_variants: chinese chestnut

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Chinese chestnut

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name_scientific: Castanea mollissima

description: Castanea mollissima (Chinese chestnut) is a member of the family Fagaceae, and a species of chestnut native to China, Taiwan, and Korea. The fruit is a densely spiny cupule 4?8 cm diameter, containing two or three glossy brown nuts; these are 2?3 cm diameter on wild trees. The scientific name mollissima derives from the softly downy shoots and young leaves.

itis_id: 501318

wikipedia_id: Chinese_chestnut

picture_file_name: 336.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 104623

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:29:45.000Z

legacy_id: 363

food_group: Nuts

food_subgroup: Nuts

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:35.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:23.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 60419

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00331