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Castanea henryi Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Species

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Characteristics

Trees to 30 m tall. Petiole 1-2.5 cm; leaf blade oblong-ovate, oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, 10-23 cm, abaxially covered with yellowish brown scalelike glands and sparsely pilose along veins when young, glabrescent, base rounded to broadly cuneate but narrowly cuneate when young, margin with bristlelike teeth 2-4 mm, apex long acuminate. Male inflorescences 5-16 cm. Female flowers 1(-3) per cupule. Cupules on a short spike, 2.5-3.5 cm in diam. including bracts, covered with slightly pubescent spinelike bracts. Nut 1 per cupule, globose-ovoid, 1.5-2 cm, longer than wide. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Sep-Oct.
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A tree. It grows to 30 m tall. The leaf stalk is 1-2.5 cm long. The leaf blade in oblong and 10-23 cm long. Underneath it is covered with yellowish brown scale like glands. There are fine hairs along the veins. The leaf base is rounded. There are teeth 2-4 mm long around the edge. The leaf tapers to a point. The male flower is 5-16 cm long. There is normally one but sometimes 3 female flowers in a group. The cup is on a short spike. The cup is 2.5-3.5 cm across. This is covered with slightly hairy spine like bracts. There is one nut per cup. It is round and 1.5-2 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.03 - 0.04
Mature height (meter) 25.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.2
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in mixed forest on mountain slopes between 100-1800 m altitude in China.
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Mixed mesophytic forests on mountain slopes; at elevations from 100-1,800 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 1-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses eating gene source reforestation wood
Edible nuts seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed. Seedlings need transplanting very early.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Castanea henryi unspecified picture

Distribution

Castanea henryi world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358295-1
WFO ID wfo-0000811665
COL ID RNT8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Castanea vilmoriniana Castanea henryi Castanopsis henryi Castanea fargesii Castanea sativa var. acuminatissima Castanea henryi var. omeiensis Castanea henryi var. henryi
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