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Sign: Mafra - Tapada - Horse Chestnut


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Mafra, 2640 Mafra, Portugal
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On the sign:
logo of Tapada Nacional de Mafra
CASTANHEIRO DA ÍNDIA
HORSE CHESTNUT


Também conhecido como castanheiro-da-india-de-flores-esbranquiçadas, castanha-de-cavalo ou falso-castanheiro.
Pertence à Família Hippocastanaceae. Originária do noroeste da Grécia, centro e sul da Albânia e Bulgária. Arvore de grande porte e de folha caduca. Em Portugal é plantada como ornamental. Tem preferência por climas temperados.

MORFOLOGIA
Arvore robusta, com copa enorme e arredondada. O tronco castanho é matizado de vermelho e com grandes placas que se destacam. As folhas são caducas, grandes e compostas, com 5-7 folíolos. As flores de cor branca agrupam-se em cachos cilíndricos cu em cone (em maio). O fruto espinhoso, redondo, com uma só semente arredondada ou 2-3 sementes achatadas, chama-se castanha-da-india.

DIMENSÃO
Pode atingir os 25 metros.

DISTRIBUIÇÃO NA TAPADA NACIONAL DE MAFRA
Celebredo e Jardim do Celebredo.

CURIOSIDADES

O seu nome castanheiro-da-India induz em dois erros. Designa-se por castanheiro porque as sementes se parecem com os frutos do verdadeiro castanheiro (Castanea sativa L.) mas não são comestíveis, a não ser pelos animais domésticos e selvagens. Por outro lado não é nativo da India, como a designação vulgar parece indicar Este exemplar está classificado como Arvore de Interesse Público.

Also known as the European Chestnut and the Conker Tree. The species belongs to the Hippocastanaceae family and originally from the northwest of Greece, central and southern Albania and Bulgaria. A large scale and deciduous tree. The tree, with its preference for temperate climates, often serves as an ornamental plant in Portugal.

MORPHOLOGY
A robust tree with an enormous and rounded crown. The greyish brown trunk displays reddish hues and with large and prominent bark sections. The large and well-defined deciduous leaves each contain 5-7 leaflets. The white coloured flowers cluster into either cylindrical or conical bunches (in May). The rounded, prickly fruit holds either a single circular seed or 2-3 flattened seeds, known as both chestnuts and conkers.

SIZE
As high as 25 metres.

IN TAPADA NACIONAL DE MAFRA
In the Celebredo and Celebredo Gardens.

INTERESTING FACTS
Its common Portuguese name, Indian chestnut tree, induces two separate errors. The designation of chestnut because its seeds resemble those of the genuine sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa L.) but are not edible by humans even if wild and domesticated animals eat them. Furthermore, this species does not derive from India as its common Portuguese name would seem to suggest. This example is classified as a Tree of Public Interest.
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One of the series of signs found in Tapada - Hunting Park, a world heritage site.

The tree was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

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