What is Sweet chestnut?
:''The other kind of chestnut is commonly called [[horse chestnut]]. It is not related to this tree.'' {{Taxobox | name = Sweet chestnut | image = Chestnut tree.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Sweet chestnut tree | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Fagales]] | familia = [[Fagaceae]] | genus = ''[[Chestnut|Castanea]]'' | binomial = ''Castanea sativa'' }} [[File:Chestnuts.jpg|thumb|right|The fruit of the tree]] [[File: Castanea sativa MHNT.BOT.2006.0.1272.JPG|thumb|'' Castanea sativa '']] The '''sweet chestnut''' (''Castanea sativa''), sometimes called '''European chestnut''', '''Spanish chestnut''' or '''Portuguese chestnut''' is a kind of [[tree]]. Originally these trees were native to the [[Mediterranean]] parts of [[Europe]] and [[Asia Minor]]. These trees can grow to sizes between 20 and 35m high. The trees are [[deciduous]], they do not have [[leaf|leaves]] in [[winter]]. The trees are usually grown for their edible fruit. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Fagales]] [[Category:Trees]]