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Chestnut tree, Castanea sativa

Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Crete isl.
Photo taken by:
Vardinoyannis, K.
Photo taken date:
March 2013

Chestnut

Plants

Plants

Cultivations ecosystem

Photo of the Chestnuts, Castanea sativa, in their spiny cupule, at western Crete, Greece. Chestnut trees are probably introduced in the island of Crete where various cultivars are cultivated, for their fruits.

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