Aesculus hippocastanum
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Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large, deciduous, synoecious tree. It is also called horse-ch
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Inflorescence
Typical rootstock of a Aesculus hippocastanum.
A selection of fresh conkers
Bleeding canker of horse chestnut is a common canker of horse chestnut trees that is known to be caused by infection with several different pathogens.
Aesculus hippocastanum
…should not be ingested. Horse chestnut seed is classified by the FDA as an unsafe herb. The glycoside and saponin constituents are considered toxic. Bleeding canker. Half of all horse-chestnuts in Great Britain are now showing symptoms to some degree of this potentially lethal bacterial infection. Guignardia leaf…
Bleeding canker and bark cracking on the trunk of Horse Chestnut