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Wikipedia: Castanea sativa is a species of the flowering plant family Fagaceae, the tree and its edible seeds are referred to by several common names such Sweet Chestnut or Marron. Originally native to southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, it is now widely dispersed throughout Europe. The trees are hardy, long lived and well known, especially for its chestnuts which are used as an ingredient in cooking.
![[Roasted nuts and potato pancakes sold by a typical street vendor in Vienna, Austria]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Maronibrater_Nov2006_s.jpg "Roasted nuts and potato pancakes sold by a typical street vendor in Vienna, Austria")
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![[The Covin Trysting Sweet Chestnut tree at Bemersyde.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Castanea_sativa_s.jpg "The Covin Trysting Sweet Chestnut tree at Bemersyde.")
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 from Tsui |
from Sten |
![[Castanea sativa]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Maroni2_s.jpg "Castanea sativa")
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![[Middle Rhine Valley, Germany]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Esskastanie_fg01_s.jpg "Middle Rhine Valley, Germany")
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from Wittkowsky |
 from Dysmachus |
![[Ancient Sweet Chestnut coppice, Banstead Woods, Surrey, UK]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ancient_coppice_of_a_sweet_chestnut_DSCF0322_1_s.jpg "Ancient Sweet Chestnut coppice, Banstead Woods, Surrey, UK")
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![[Retiform bark]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sweet_chestnut_DSCF0160_s.jpg "Retiform bark")
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 from Dieter Simon |
from Dieter Simon |
![[A view of a tree from below; this may exaggerate apparent height]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sweet_Chestnut_Forest_s.jpg "A view of a tree from below; this may exaggerate apparent height")
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![[' Sweet Chestnut''' thousand of years old]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Castanea_sativa_JPG_28C0_29_s.jpg "' Sweet Chestnut''' thousand of years old")
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from Yzmo |
from Jean-Pol GRANDMONT |
![[Large Castanea Sativa]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Large_Castanea_Sativa_s.jpg "Large Castanea Sativa")
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![[Sweet Chestnut in Morlanwelz (Belgium)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Castanea_sativa_28Mariemont_29_JPG1a_s.jpg "Sweet Chestnut in Morlanwelz (Belgium)")
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from Coppicer |
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![[Sweet Chestnut tree at Kew Gardens, London]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kew_gardens_sweet_chestnut_london_arp_s.jpg "Sweet Chestnut tree at Kew Gardens, London")
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![[Sweet Chestnut, from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Illustration_Castanea_sativa0_s.jpg "Sweet Chestnut, from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885")
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from Topjabot |
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