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A genus of 13–19 species of flowering shrubs and trees, with leaves with …
leaflets=5; teeth=irregular and blunt; end-buds have keel-line; bruised twigs have a 👃︎ disagreeable smell🌰︎ Ohio buckeye Aesculus glabra leaflets=5; ▴▴▴▴ singly-toothed, regular and fine; end-buds have no keel-line◼︎ 🌰︎ yellow buckeye Aesculus flava
leaflets=7 (usually); ▲▴▲▴ doubly-toothed; leaflets have no stalk; ❄ winter buds are sticky; ❀ flowers=white🐎︎ 🌰︎ horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
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Despite a major common name, botanically not associated with 🌰︎ chestnut / chinkapin genus Castanea in beech / oak family Fagaceae. Instead, …
Part of soapberry family Sapindaceae in cashew / 🌰︎ chestnut / 🍊︎ citrus / 🍁︎ maple order Sapindales.
Native to the temperate 🌐︎ Northern Hemisphere. 🗺 Map of 6 species by county (🇺🇸 USA-48).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Aesculus hosts caterpillars of 13 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╫ opposite, 🌿︎ compound
◼︎ 🌰︎ yellow buckeye Aesculus flava 🌰︎ Ohio buckeye Aesculus glabra 🐎︎ 🌰︎ horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum