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American chestnut, American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata
large tree found from Maine to Alabama
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Castanea sativa, European chestnut, Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut
wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
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Castanea mollissima, Chinese chestnut
a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China
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Castanea crenata, Japanese chestnut
a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk
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Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin
shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
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Castanea ozarkensis, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, chinquapin
shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States
