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 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Aesculus hosts caterpillars of 13 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.

Learn more about ◼︎ 🌰︎ yellow buckeye Aesculus flava

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🏠︎ branches ╫ opposite 🌰︎ buckeye / horse chestnut  genus Aesculus