What season are chestnuts?

Chestnut matures in autumn, and will be listed in September -65438+ 10.

The flowering period of chestnut is generally from April to June, and the fruit period is from August to 65438+1October, and the fruit ripens in autumn from September to 65438+1October.

Chestnut, also known as Castanea mollissima, Castanea mollissima and Fraxinus mandshurica, belongs to Castanea of Fagaceae. It is native to China and distributed in Viet Nam, Taiwan Province Province and Chinese mainland. It grows in mountainous areas with an altitude of 370-2,800 meters and is widely planted. Chestnuts are rich in nutrition, and the content of vitamin C is even higher than that of tomatoes, which is ten times that of apples.

The minerals in chestnuts are also comprehensive, including potassium, zinc and iron. Although the content is not as high as hazelnut, it is still much higher than that of ordinary fruits such as apples, especially the potassium content is three times higher than that of apples. Chestnuts are also called chestnuts.

Chestnuts are rich in nutrients, including sugar, protein, fat, multivitamins and inorganic salts.

Castanea mollissima is the general name of trees or shrubs of Castanea in Beech family, with about 7-9 species.

Chestnut trees are native to the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere, most of which are deciduous trees, with a height of 20-40 meters, and only a few are shrubs. The fruits of all kinds of chestnut trees are edible; Simple leaf, oval or oblong, length 10-30 cm, width 4- 10 cm, with barbed edges. Monoecious, the male flowers are erect catkins, and the female flowers are single or several in the involucre.

Nuts are wrapped in involucre with dense spikes. The diameter of involucre is 5- 1 1 cm, and there are 1-7 nuts in one involucre. Flowering in May-June; The fruit ripens from September to 65438+ 10.