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Also called conker tree.
Despite its main common name, botanically not associated with 🌰︎ chestnut / chinkapin genus Castanea in beech / oak family Fagaceae. Instead, …
Part of 🌰︎ buckeye / 🐎︎ 🌰︎ horse chestnut genus Aesculus in soapberry family Sapindaceae in cashew / 🌰︎ chestnut / 🍊︎ citrus / 🍁︎ maple order Sapindales.
Native to the eastern Mediterranean. Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Widely planted as a ⛱ shade tree. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) Seeds slightly ☠︎ poisonous[?] to 👥︎ humans (all parts of plant). Other sources say seeds are slightly ☠︎ toxic to 🐎︎ horses and 👥︎ humans.
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🏠︎ branches ╫ opposite 🌰︎ buckeye / 🐎︎ 🌰︎ horse chestnut genus Aesculus