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| name = Aesculus flava
|familia=Hippocastanaceae
| common_names = Yellow Buckeye
|genus=Aesculus
| growth_habit = <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=flava
| high = <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|taxo_author=Sol.
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|common_name=Yellow Buckeye, Sweet buckeye
| origin = <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| poisonous = seeds slightly toxic
|habit=tree
| lifespan = perennial
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| exposure = full sun
|Max ht box=90
| water = <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|Max ht metric=ft
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5[[Celsius|°C]], etc -->
|Max wd box=35
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|Max wd metric=ft
| usda_zones = <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| sunset_zones = not available
|poisonous=seeds slightly toxic
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|exposure=sun
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| regnum = Plantae
|features=flowers
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|unranked_ordo = Rosids
|flowers=orange, yellow
|ordo = Sapindales
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=4
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=9
|sunset_zones=not available
|image=Aesculus flava.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Fruit and leaves of ''Aesculus Octandra''
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'''Yellow Buckeye''' (''Aesculus Octandra'', [[synonymy|syn.]] ''A. octandra'') is a species of [[Aesculus|buckeye]] native to the [[Ohio Valley]] and [[Appalachian Mountains]] of the [[Eastern United States]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/data/atlas/little/aescocta.pdf | title = Aesculus Octandra Range Map | accessdate = 2008-03-06 | publisher = [[United States Geological Survey]]}}</ref> It is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 20–47 m tall. It grows in mesophytic forest or floodplains, generally in acid to circumneutral soil.
The [[leaf|leaves]] are palmately compound with five (rarely seven) leaflets, 10–25 cm long and broad. The [[flower]]s are produced in [[panicle]]s in spring, yellow to yellow-green, each flower 2–3 cm long with the stamens shorter than the petals (unlike the related [[Ohio Buckeye]], where the stamens are longer than the petals). The twigs have a faintly rank odor, but much less so than the Ohio buckeye, ''[[Aesculus glabra]]''. The [[fruit]] is a smooth (spineless), round or oblong capsule 5–7 cm diameter, containing 1-3 [[nut (fruit)|nut]]-like [[seed]]s, 2.5-3.5 cm diameter, brown with a whitish basal scar. The fruit of the Yellow Buckeye is poisonous to humans but can be made edible through a leaching process.
Yellow Buckeye is an attractive [[ornamental plant|ornamental tree]] suitable for [[park]]s and large [[garden]]s.
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Aesculus flava, Marsh. (A. octandra, Ait. A. lutea, Wang. Pavia lutea, Poir.). SWEET BUCKEYE. Large tree, 4O- 90 ft.: lfts. 5, oblong-obovate or elliptical, cuneate, equally serrate, smooth or pubescent beneath : panicles 4-6 in. long; petals yellow, very unequal, their claws longer than the calyx; stamens 7, shorter than the petals: fr. smooth. May, June. Pa. to Ga. and Iowa.
Aesculus flava, Marsh. (A. octandra, Ait. A. lutea, Wang. Pavia lutea, Poir.). SWEET BUCKEYE. Large tree, 4O- 90 ft.: lfts. 5, oblong-obovate or elliptical, cuneate, equally serrate, smooth or pubescent beneath : panicles 4-6 in. long; petals yellow, very unequal, their claws longer than the calyx; stamens 7, shorter than the petals: fr. smooth. May, June. Pa. to Ga. and Iowa.
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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