, 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.
Types of Chestnut Trees image by algiamil/sxc.hu, Steve Hurst/USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. Nothing tastes better than roasted chestnuts with a cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter's night.The American chestnut tree once dominated forests in the Eastern United States, but a blight of Asian fungus destroyed 3.5 billion trees by 1940.apanese Chestnut. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata) grows well only in Florida in the United States; it is native to Japan and grows prolifically there. This tree grows to a height of nearly 30 feet, and its leaves are about 7 inches long.