It is a medium-sized evergreentree 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. It grows in woods and ravines, especially near the sea.
The cotyledon of the nut is eaten boiled or roasted.
Its dead wood serves as host to many mushroom types, including the shiitake, which literally means Castanopsis mushroom.
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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
castanopsis, cuspidata, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, dec. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Castanopsis cuspidata news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Castanopsis cuspidata Japanese chinquapin Japanese tsuburajii 円椎 is a species of Castanopsis native to southern Japan and southern Korea Castanopsis cuspidataConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder FagalesFamily FagaceaeGenus CastanopsisSpecies C cuspidataBinomial nameCastanopsis cuspidata Thunb SchottkySynonymsPasania cuspidata Thunb Oerst Pasaniopsis cuspidata Thunb KudoQuercus cuspidata Thunb 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 It grows in woods and ravines especially near the sea The cotyledon of the nut is eaten boiled or roasted Its dead wood serves as host to many mushroom types including the shiitake which literally means Castanopsis mushroom Gallery Edit 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 shiitakeReferences Edit Barstow M 2018 Castanopsis cuspidata The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN e T62004530A62004533 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2018 1 RLTS T62004530A62004533 en External links Edit WCSP World Checklist of Selected Plant Families enter Castanopsis cuspidata in search box This Fagales article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Castanopsis cuspidata amp oldid 1125783067, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
