Castanopsis cuspidata
Species of tree
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Castanopsis cuspidata (Japanese chinquapin; Japanese tsuburajii, 円椎) is a species of Castanopsis native to southern Japan and southern Korea.
| Castanopsis cuspidata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Castanopsis |
| Species: | C. cuspidata |
| Binomial name | |
| Castanopsis cuspidata (Thunb.) Schottky | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pasania cuspidata (Thunb.) Oerst. | |
It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 20–30 m tall, related to beech and oak. The leaves are 5–9 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, leathery in texture, with an entire or irregularly toothed margin.[2] It grows in woods and ravines, especially near the sea.
The cotyledon of the nut is eaten boiled or roasted.[3]
Its dead wood serves as host to many mushroom types, most notably the shiitake, whose Japanese name (椎茸) is composed of shii (椎, the Castanopsis tree), and take (茸; "mushroom").[4]
Gallery
Bark of base of mature tree
Tall trunk of mature tree
Slender, fountain-like canopy of mature specimen, viewed from beneath
Mature, deep green leaves
Flowering shoots
Closeup of slender inflorescences
Edible seeds/nuts
Preserved specimen from herbarium, with descriptive notes
Dead trunk, with fruiting bodies of shiitake
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