Unusual tree fruit
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Tom467
Loc: North Central Florida
From the photo it could be a chestnut. If the it has a single small black nut shaped like an acorn it would be a chenkapin. https://search.aol.com/aol/search?q=chenkepin&s_it=loki-
Tom
Tom
Sep 23, 2020 07:13:14 #
waldron7 wrote:
Can anyone tell me what tree produces this fruit?
Wild And Edible. Chinkapin Nut, it a staple for southern wildlife.
https://youtu.be/Y6vwV-C3l_8
Sep 23, 2020 07:31:53 #
This is the fruit of a Chinese Chestnut (Castanea Mollissina). Spiky little devils. The Chinese Chestnut is much more resistant to the Chestnut Blight that virtually wiped the American Chestnuts. I believe the fruit is edible but have never tried one myself.
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waldron7 wrote:
Can anyone tell me what tree produces this fruit?
I go with chestnut - as a youngster back in '45 I remember going out with mom to gather then - there were many trees around the outskirts of Jackson, CA that had been planted by immigrants during the CA Gold rush - as was in another post a blight came thru wiping them all out. Oh - those husks were like cactus when dry.
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