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Re:America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree by fisian on Sunday December 24, 2023 @04:11PM (#38756897)
These are the chestnuts I know, that are sold as street food: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castanea_sativa

Native in Europe and Asia.

There also is a different kind of chestnut commonly found in parks, along roads, that is not edible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_hippocastanum

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Re:America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree by cmrdporcupine on Sunday December 24, 2023 @11:53PM (#38759931)
"a different kind of chestnut commonly found"

Sometimes called horse chestnut, but not actually a chestnut, completely unrelated. North American native, though I understand it's been introduced into Europe.

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