| Origin: | ✈ | N America, Eurasia |
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| Poisonous: | ☠ | seeds slightly toxic if ingested |
| Exposure: | ☼ | [[Exposure::full sunsn]] |
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| Water: | ◍ | usually regular"usually regular" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property. |
| Sunset Zones: | vary by species |
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The North American species are known as Buckeyes and the Eurasian species as Horse-chestnutswp. Some are also called "White Chestnut" or "Red Chestnut" (as in some of the Bach flower remedies. In Britain, they are sometimes called "Conker trees" because of their link with the game of Conkers ).wp
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Species
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Aesculus arguta: Texas Buckeye
Aesculus californica: California Buckeye
Aesculus chinensis: Chinese Horse-chestnut
Aesculus flava (A. octandra): Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus glabra: Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus hippocastanum: Common Horse-chestnut
Aesculus indica: Indian Horse-chestnut
Aesculus neglecta: Dwarf Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora: Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus pavia: Red Buckeye
Aesculus sylvatica: Painted Buckeye
Aesculus turbinata: Japanese Horse-chestnut
Aesculus wilsonii: Wilson's Horse-chestnut
Gallery
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Flower of the Red Horse-chestnut (Aesculus x carnea)
Chinese Horse-chestnut (Aesculus chinensis) young leaves in spring ...
... and fully grown, in summer
California Buckeye (Aesculus californica) leaves
Aesculus hippocastanum bud opening in spring
Common Horse-chestnut tree in winter
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Red Horse-chestnut (Aesculus x carnea)
Ohio Buckeye tree (Aesculus glabra)
References
External links
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