The Seeds Of The Sweet Chestnut Tree - Castanea Sativa Stock Photo

The Sweet Chestnut or Castanea sativa is a long lived deciduous tree. Producing an edible seed, the chestnut, which has frequently been used in cooking recipes around the world? Especially in the British Isles it is often foraged as a wild food in the Autumn and early Winter. The Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum is a distant relative. Here the brownish seeds nuts are seen in their open cupules scattered upon a woodland floor. Cultivated forms can become long lived, often up to a thousand years old! The Latin `sativa` referring to fact that it has undergone cultivation by humans.