Fagaceae
Chinese chestnut
Castanea mollissima
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Castanea
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- كستناء صينية
- arz
- كستناء صينيه
- Burmese
- သစ်အယ်သီး
- Cantonese
- 板栗
- Catalan
- Castanyer xinès
- Chinese
- 中国板栗, 中國板栗, 板栗, Chinesechestnut, 板栗花, 栗, 栗*（板栗）, 栗壳
- Croatian
- Kineski kesten
- English
- Chinese chestnut
- French
- Châtaignier Chinois, Châtaignier de Chine
- Galician
- Castiñeiro da China
- German
- Chinesische Kastanie
- Hungarian
- Kínai gesztenye
- Japanese
- シナグリ, あまぐり, 天津甘栗, 甘栗
- Korean
- 약밤나무, 평양밤나무
- Latvian
- Mīkstā kastaņa
- mnc
- ᠵᠠᠨᠴᡠᡥᡡᠨ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kinakastanje
- Persian
- شاهبلوط چینی
- Polish
- Kasztan chiński
- Russian
- Каштан мягчайший, Каштан китайский
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇတူပ်း
- Slovenian
- Kitajski kostanj
- Thai
- เกาลัดจีน
- Turkish
- Çin kestanesi
- Ukrainian
- Каштан китайський
- Uyghur
- كاشتان
- Vietnamese
- Dẻ Trùng Khánh
- za
- Maklaeq
Synonyms
- Castanea bungeana Blume
- Castanea duclouxii Dode
- Castanea formosana (Hayata) Hayata
- Castanea hupehensis Dode
- Castanea mollissima var. pendula X.Y.Zhou & Z.D.Zhou
- Castanea sativa var. bungeana (Blume) Pamp.
- Castanea sativa var. formosana Hayata
- Castanea sativa var. intermedia Pamp.
- Castanea sativa var. mollissima (Blume) Pamp.
- Castanea sinensis Perr.
- Castanea vulgaris var. yunnanensis Fr.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 323 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michael Ellis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Sirotkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jason E. Farabaugh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Melissa McMasters, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mefisher, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: George Pushkal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.