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Are Horse Chestnuts Edible. There are four different varieties of edible chestnuts. This has oval leaves with serrated sides. American European Chinese and Japanese. Edible chestnuts belong to the genus Castanea and are enclosed in sharp spine-covered burs.
One thing we need to understand is that chestnuts are sweet and they are edible but conkers or horse chestnuts are poisonous and they are not for eating purposes. American European Chinese and Japanese. 21102006 Horse chestnuts are less prickly more easily handled and thus more sinister. The toxic inedible horse chestnuts have a fleshy bumpy husk with a wart-covered appearance. One thing we need to understand is that chestnuts are sweet and they are edible but conkers or horse chestnuts are poisonous and they are not for eating purposes. Non-edible Horse Chestnuts.
The toxic inedible horse chestnuts have a fleshy bumpy husk with a wart-covered appearance.
Horse chestnuts may look very desirable to eat but it is toxic and it can even cause paralysis. One thing we need to understand is that chestnuts are sweet and they are edible but conkers or horse chestnuts are poisonous and they are not for eating purposes. American European Chinese and Japanese. Poisonous Plants 1-2-1 Aesculus hippocastanum horse chestnut. 18102016 Lets get one thing out of the way first you might be confusing conkers also called horse chestnuts with sweet chestnuts which are delicious. 20112012 Horse chestnuts are definitely unsafe.