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Castanea seguinii Dode

Species

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Characteristics

Trees or shrubs small, rarely to 12 m tall. Stipules narrowly lanceolate, 0.7-1.5 cm, deciduous in fruit. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade oblong-obovate to elliptic-oblong, 6-14 cm, abaxially covered with yellowish brown or grayish, scalelike glands and sparsely hairy along veins when young, base rounded to sometimes subcordate but cuneate when young, margin coarsely serrate, apex acuminate. Male inflorescences 5-12 cm. Female flowers solitary or few per cupule. Cupule 3-5 cm in diam., covered with sparsely pilose spinelike bracts 6-10 mm. Nuts 2 or 3 or rarely more per cupule, 1.5-2 cm in diam. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Sep-Nov.
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It is a shrub or small tree. It grows to 12 m tall. The leafy structure near the leaves in narrow and 0.7-1.5 cm long. It falls off. The leaf stalk is 0.5-1.5 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 6-14 cm long. There are yellow-brown scales underneath the leaf. The young leaves are also slightly hairy near the veins. The base is rounded, but wedge shaped when young. There are coarse teeth along the edge. The male flower is 5-12 cm long. The female flowers can occur singly or a few in a group. The cup is 3-5 cm across. It is covered with spine like bracts. There are 2-3 nuts per cup and they are 1.5-2 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.03 - 0.05
Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 11.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
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 as well as planted in orchards between 400-2000 m altitude in China. It is best i light to medium well-drained soils. It needs an open sunny position. It is resistant to frost but damaged by drought.
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Mixed mesophytic forests and thickets, orchards; at elevations from 400-2,000 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 1-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-6

Usage

Uses breeding eating food gene source medicinal wood
Edible nuts seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed. Seedlings need transplanting very early. They can also be grown by layering.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Castanea seguinii leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Castanea seguinii fruit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Castanea seguinii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358308-1
WFO ID wfo-0000812396
COL ID 5XCW8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Castanea davidii Castanea seguinii
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