Reference: Chestnut Tree

There is no doubt that the RV is correct. The chestnut tree is only an exotic in Palestine, but the plane (Arabic dilb) is one of the finest trees of the land. It attains great development; a wonderful specimen, which has a small room or shop within its hollow trunk, is to be seen in one of the streets of Damascus. The plane (Planus orientalis) peels its outer layers of bark annually, leaving a white streaky surface. It flourishes specially by watercourses (Sir 24:14).

E. W. G. Masterman.