CHESTNUT fruit of the chestnut (Castanea sativa), achene with pericarp of leathery consistency and brown color, hairless and shiny on the outside. On the back there are more or less marked streaks, in particular in the varieties of the brown group. These morphological traits are important for varietal recognition. The achenes are enclosed, in numbers from 1 to 3, inside a spiny shell, commonly called a hedgehog. At maturity, the hedgehog opens dividing into four valves: in some cases, it opens completely leaving the fruits to fall, in others it opens less and detaches from the branch with the fruits still inside. Chestnut has played an important role in the rural economy in the past, being used for the collection of fruits for human and animal nutrition, for timber, for the extraction of tannin for tanneries, and in beekeeping for the production of a honey with a characteristic bitter aftertaste. Photography by Patrizia Piccini. Ponzone (AL), October 2015

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Ponzone Alessandria Italia

title: CHESTNUT IN CURLY

subject date: 2015-10-12

state: Alessandria

caption: CHESTNUT fruit of the chestnut (Castanea sativa), achene with pericarp of leathery consistency and brown color, hairless and shiny on the outside. On the back there are more or less marked streaks, in particular in the varieties of the brown group. These morphological traits are important for varietal recognition. The achenes are enclosed, in numbers from 1 to 3, inside a spiny shell, commonly called a hedgehog. At maturity, the hedgehog opens dividing into four valves: in some cases, it opens completely leaving the fruits to fall, in others it opens less and detaches from the branch with the fruits still inside. Chestnut has played an important role in the rural economy in the past, being used for the collection of fruits for human and animal nutrition, for timber, for the extraction of tannin for tanneries, and in beekeeping for the production of a honey with a characteristic bitter aftertaste. Photography by Patrizia Piccini. Ponzone (AL), October 2015

category: HIS

city: Ponzone

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Italia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

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place: Ponzone

file date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 70285

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continent: Europa

image century : XXI

image epoch: Duemiladieci

subject century: XXI

subject epoch: Duemiladieci

technique: Fotografia

id: 37998

file name: FSNgilardi_70285.jpg

keywords

ChestnutundergrowthbrownmaturationautumnhedgehogachenechestnutfruitPiedmonttanninForestryagricultureforestcultivationtimberFagaceaeFagaceefoodssupplyseasonsdomePlugsEuropean chestnutNatural History

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