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
Aesculus
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The genus Aesculus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. They are trees and shrubs, mostly native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but one species into subtropical areas of so
Aesculus hippocastanum
…the Fagaceae), together with the alleged observation that the fruit or seeds could help panting or coughing horses. Although it is sometimes known as buckeye, for the resemblance of the seed to a deer's eye, the term buckeye is more commonly used for New World members of the genus Aesculus, such as Aesculus…
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Flower of Aesculus × carnea, the red horse-chestnut
Germinating seed of a horse-chestnut still half-enclosed in its shell, while the root has already reached the soil