Chestnut
（重定向自Chincapin）
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![Female chestnut flowers](/Images/godic/202501/04/Japanese_Chestnut010840.jpg")
![Male chestnut flowers](/Images/godic/202501/04/Japanese_Chestnut020840.jpg")
![Bark - sweet chestnut (C. sativa)](/Images/godic/202501/04/Sweet_chestnut_DSCF01600840.JPG")
The chestnut group is a genus (Castanea) of eight or nine species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce.