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Castanopsis fargesii
Castanopsis fargesii is a species of evergreen tree native to southern China and Taiwan. It grows 10–30 m tall.
The species was first described by Adrien René Franchet in 1899. The Latin specific epithet fargesii refers to the French missionary and amateur botanist Père Paul Guillaume Farges (1844–1912).
From the article Castanopsis fargesii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Found in evergreen broad-leaved evergreen forests at 200-2,100 m elevation in Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan and Zhejiang.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and distribution”
At the table
The nuts contain a high quality edible starch. The bark is used to create dyes, and the hardwood has construction and cabinetry applications.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Castanopsis fargesii in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 555764.