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愛宕の森と緑を守る会
Atago Forest and Green Protection Association
Atago Mountain Plants-Tree 5 (Ta-te)
This is a page of trees (flowers are displayed on a separate page for each season). Tree names are listed in order of Aiueo on this page. However, typical trees are displayed at the beginning of each page. Images of trees with flowers and fruits are also displayed on seasonal pages. Click on an image to see it in full view, or lay it down to enlarge it.
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Circular vertebra. Fagaceae Castanopsis. Also known as Japanese Chinquapin. It is distributed west of Kanto. This tree is a preserved tree (West No. 209) and is on the way down the stairs from the entrance of Atago Shrine to Kannon Denji Temple.
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The genus Castanopsis includes Japanese Chinquapin and Castanopsis sieboldii, but there are quite a few hybrids of them, and it is difficult to classify them.
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The fruit of the Japanese Chinquapin (acorn) is round and is effective in distinguishing it from the elongated Sudajii. The shell dough (so-called hakama) is unique and can be clearly distinguished from other acorns. In the unripe fruit, the acorn covers the fruit, and when ripe, the acorn splits into three and the fruit appears. The white cotyledons in the fruit are eaten raw and are slightly sweet. Roasting increases the sweetness. The difficulty is that it is small.
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