Castanea sativa

Sweet chestnut
	Sweet chestnut fruit
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Castanea
Species:	C. sativa
Binomial name
	Castanea sativa; Mill.
	Distribution map ; ✖ Probable native range and isolated population. ✖ Introduced and naturalized (synanthropic) area and isolated population since Neolithic.

Castanea sativa, the sweet chestnut, Spanish chestnut or just chestnut, is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae, native to Southern Europe and Asia Minor, and widely cultivated throughout the temperate world. A substantial, long-lived deciduous tree, it produces an edible seed, the chestnut, which has been used in cooking since ancient times.

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