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Castanea × neglecta, the chinknut, is a hybrid chestnut tree from a cross between American chestnut and Allegheny chinquapin, native to the southeastern United States. It is a large temperate tree grown for its nuts and timber rather than as a houseplant.
Castanea × neglecta, the chinknut, is a named hybrid chestnut tree; it is a cross between Castanea dentata (American chestnut) and Castanea pumila (Allegheny chinquapin). It was first formally named by Louis-Albert Dode in 1908. The chinknut is native to the southeastern United States.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Castanea × neglecta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
