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Also called the sweet buckeye and Aesculus octandra.
Part of 🌰︎ buckeye / 🐎︎ 🌰︎ horse chestnut genus Aesculus in soapberry family Sapindaceae in cashew / 🌰︎ chestnut / 🍊︎ citrus / 🍁︎ maple order Sapindales.
Native to 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 North America's Ohio Valley and 🏔 Appalachia. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key), 🗺 map today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Aesculus hosts caterpillars of 13 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
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🏠︎ branches ╫ opposite 🌰︎ buckeye / 🐎︎ 🌰︎ horse chestnut genus Aesculus