Sweet chestnut

Sweet chestnut
Sweet chestnut fruit
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Castanea
Species:	C. sativa
Binomial name
Castanea sativa Mill.[2]
Distribution map   ✖ Probable native range and isolated population.   ✖ Introduced and naturalized (synanthropic) area and isolated population since Neolithic.

The sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), also known as the Spanish chestnut or just chestnut, is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae, native to Southern Europe and Asia Minor, and widely cultivated throughout the temperate world. A substantial, long-lived deciduous tree, it produces an edible seed, the chestnut, which has been used in cooking since ancient times.