This document provides information on four different chestnut species: Sweet Chestnut, Chinese water chestnut, Water chestnut, and Horse chestnut. It lists their scientific names, families, origins, and edible portions. The Sweet Chestnut is native to temperate regions and has edible nuts, fruit, and leaves. Chinese water chestnut is an aquatic vegetable that grows in Asia. Water chestnut is found in warm temperate Eurasia and Africa and has edible fruit. Horse chestnut seeds are listed as edible but its fruit is noted as toxic.

1. Prepared by:- Rajatiya Jignasa H.
M.Sc. (Horti.) Fruit Science

2. Sweet
Chestnut
S.N. : Castanea sativa
Other name : chinkapin
Family : Fagaceae
Origin : Temperate regions of
the Northern Hemisphere
Edible portion : Nut
Fruit
Leaves
Female flower Male flower

3. Chinese water
chestnut
S.N. : Eleocharis dulcis
Family : cyperaceae
Origin : Asia
Edible portion : Corm
Not nut, but it is aquatic vegetable

4. Water
chestnut
S.N. : Trapa natans L.
Other name: Singhara, Water
caltrop (Gujarati: શ િંગોડા)
Family : Lytraceae
Origin : warm temperate parts
of Eurasia and Africa
Edible portion : Fruit

5. Horse
chestnut
S.N. : Aesculus
hippocastanum L.
Family : Sapindaceae
Origin : South East Europe
Edible portion : Seed
“Fruit is toxic”