Castanopsis concinna seed

LATIN NAME: CASTANOPSIS CONCINNA

COMMON NAME: Shiny Castanopsis

In the evergreen forests of southern China, the shiny castanopsis grows as a tall, dense, evergreen tree with the stiff, leathery, sharply toothed leaves, glossy green above and brownish beneath, and the small, greenish flower catkins, the round, sweet nuts ripening in the spiny, cup-shaped burrs in the autumn. It steadily establishes a rounded crown, eventually 5-10 metres tall. Site it in full sun, in deep, fertile ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The shiny castanopsis appears in the studies of the evergreen chestnuts of the southern forests, its leathery leaves and its spiny burrs keeping it in view in the work on the subtropical broadleaf woodlands and the mast-fruiting trees of the warm, wet south. The research looks at the way the glossy leaves hold the forest light, the spiny burrs open to shed the nuts, and the seed biology of the short-lived nuts.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the sheltered garden of the mild south, the shiny castanopsis carries the dense, glossy evergreen crown that feeds the birds and the small mammals with the sweet nuts through the autumn. The tough timber has served the builders of the region, and the tree makes the fine specimen, the evergreen shade tree and the tree of the warm, moist garden. It is a tree for the sheltered, deep, fertile and acid place.

To grow the Shiny Castanopsis from seed, sow the nuts at once, as the seeds stay fresh only briefly, on leafy soil.

Sow the nuts at once, as the seeds stay fresh only briefly, on leafy soil, and keep the young trees in the sheltered, shaded spot. The glossy leaves hold through the mild winter.

LATIN NAME: Castanopsis concinna

COMMON NAME: Concinn Chinkapin

The Concinn chinkapin is a handsome, dense evergreen tree of the warm woodlands, and its glossy, toothed leaves and its neat, rounded crown have made it a valued tree of the parks and the hills. The species develops an upright, columnar form, around sixty centimetres high. It is a species of the tree in the beech family, and it is native to the warm regions of the southern China and the nearby lands, while it grows in the forests and the hillsides, and it is known as the Concinn chinkapin.

The Concinn chinkapin belongs to the beech family, Fagaceae, and it is a species of the evergreen tree, native to the warm regions of the southern China, while it is known as the Concinn chinkapin. It is prized for its glossy, evergreen foliage and its neat, dense crown, and for its sweet, chestnut-like nuts.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Concinn chinkapin has a real and growing place in the research. It has been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the warm woodlands of the southern China, and researchers have examined its growth, its distribution and its role in the forest, while its value in the woodland has drawn attention in the international ecological press as a tree of the warm hills. The plant has also been studied in the horticulture and the forestry, since it is a handsome, dense evergreen of the parks and the plantations, and researchers have examined its cultivation and its timber, while the growing of the chinkapins in the garden and the forest has been of continuing interest, and the study of the chestnut-like nuts has been of value to the growers. The species has also been studied in the food science, since its small, chestnut-like nuts are sweet and edible, and researchers have examined their composition and their use, while the breeding of the better nut-bearing forms has been of continuing interest. For a tree of such quiet usefulness, the Concinn chinkapin has a rich and continuing record of study.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Ecologically, the Concinn chinkapin is a generous tree of the garden. Its glossy, evergreen crown gives a fine shade and a shelter to the birds, and its small, chestnut-like nuts feed the squirrels and the wildlife, while its spiny-cased fruits carry the seed of the future tree. On the warm hillsides of its home it grows among the broad-leaved evergreens, its glossy crown standing out against the blue-green of the slopes. It is a tree that rewards the gardener with little more than a warm, sheltered corner, and it grows on happily once settled.

Its economic value is real. The Concinn chinkapin is prized for its glossy, evergreen foliage and its sweet, chestnut-like nuts, and its value has drawn attention in the international horticultural and food press as a tree of the warm garden, while its fine, hard timber has also been valued in the regions of its home. For a grower, the Concinn chinkapin is a rewarding and useful tree, and for a gardener it brings a glossy, evergreen, nut-bearing tree to the garden. The seeds are easy to start — sow them fresh in a pot of moist, free-draining compost, keep them gently watered in a sheltered spot, and theyll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a handsome, glossy, evergreen, nut-bearing tree.