🌰 In the UK you will find two main types of chestnut on the ground in autumn. 🗺️ Conkers are the seeds of the European Horse-chestnut, which is an ornamental tree introduced from the Balkans in the 16th Century. Sweet Chestnuts are the nuts of the Sweet Chestnut tree, which was introduced by the Romans for its edible nuts and versatile timber. 🤮 Conkers contain a poisonous chemical called aesculin, so cannot be eaten by humans or most animals, including horses, from which the tree gets its na

Look what I found on my travels today 😁🥰💚🌿🌱🌳 Sweet Chestnut Medicine, Nature’s Autumn Gift 🍂 Those beautiful spiky green husks you see on the forest floor are sweet chestnut burrs (Castanea sativa), and inside them lie the golden, healing nuts of autumn. Both the nuts and husks hold powerful medicinal gifts that our ancestors knew well. The Nuts, Nourishment & Gut Healing Rich in vitamin C, minerals, and prebiotic starches that feed healthy gut bacteria and repair the intestinal lining. C

Castanea mollissima (Chinese chestnut, sarangan, berangan, Saninten, Castanopsis argentea, rambutan hutan). The nuts are edible, and the tree is widely cultivated in eastern Asia