, Immunologist, Ph.D., Mycobacteriology. 1  Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody are ANCA for short. 2  Vasculitis is inflammation of the blood vessels. Diseases involving vasculitis are called vasculitides.
Save. There are four different varieties of edible chestnuts: American, European, Chinese and Japanese. The chestnut tree is related to the beech and the oak tree. Chestnuts used to be the main starch staple in Europe until the potato was introduced. Do not confuse edible chestnuts with horse chestnuts or buckeyes, which are both inedible. 2  A Chinese chestnut tree is not the same thing as a water chestnut. 3  A water chestnut is a native Asian aquatic plant with corms on the roots that are harvested and used in many Asian dishes.
The nuts tend to be rounded and there is usually (though not invariably) one nut in each spiny case. Horse chestnuts are definitely unsafe. They have been known to cause nausea, diarrhea, loss of co-ordination, weakness, paralysis and at times even death. The edible kind is called the sweet chestnut.nfortunately the most common type of chestnut found in Vancouver, the Horse Chestnut, is not for eating. Â© 2015 Vancouver Courier. Q: My mother picked a whole lot of chestnuts off the front lawn this year in Kerrisdale.