Aesculus hippocastanum
Species of tree in the lychee family Sapindaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Horse-chestnut" redirects here. For other uses, see Horse chestnut (disambiguation).
Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut,[1][2][3] is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large, deciduous, synoecious (hermaphroditic-flowered) tree.[4] It is also called horse-chestnut,[5] European horsechestnut,[6] buckeye,[7] and conker tree.[8] It is not to be confused with the Spanish chestnut, Castanea sativa, which is a tree in another family, Fagaceae.[9]:ā371ā
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Aesculus hippocastanum | |
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Botanical illustration (1885) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: | Aesculus |
Species: | A. hippocastanum |
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Aesculus hippocastanum | |
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