Aesculus hippocastanum

Aesculus hippocastanum

  • Aesculus hippocastanum
  • Aesculus hippocastanum
  • Flower name
    Aesculus hippocastanum
  • Scientific name
    Aesculus hippocastanum
  • Alias西洋栃木, マロニエ, marronnier, horse-chestnut
  • Place of originBalkans and Turkey
  • Place of floweringBotanical Gardens, Park, Streets, Planting
  • Flowering seasonApril, May

What is Aesculus hippocastanum

Aesculus hippocastanum, horse-chestnut or conker tree (scientific name:Aesculus hippocastanum) is a deciduous tree with a large dome-shaped trunk in the family Sapindaceae native to the Balkans and Turkey. It is also called horse chestnut. It is native to woodland areas. The leaves are palmate and opposite at the ends of branches. In spring, it produces 20 to 50 four-petaled white flowers with red spots on the white ground with a 10-30 cm conical inflorescence.

Common name: Aesculus hippocastanum or horse chestnut, scientific name: Aesculus hippocastanum, alias: horse-chestnut, marronnier, place of origin: the Balkans to Turkey, Tree height: 36-39 m, Leaves: palmate compound; lobes: 25 cm in inverted ovate; leaf margins: double-serrated; dioecious, Inflorescence: Conical inflorescence with 20 to 50 small flowers, cones, Inflorescence height: 10-30 cm, diameter: 1.5 cm, flower colour: red spots on white ground, flowering time: spring, fruit: spherical capsule with short spines, Fruit diameter: 5 cm; fruit color: green; seed color: brown; seed diameter: 2-4 cm.


  • Order
    Sapindales
  • Family
    Sapindaceae
  • Genus
    Aesculus
  • Species
    A. hippocastanum
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cone / Compound inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    4 petals
  • Leaf type
    palisade compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Heavy Serration
  • Life typedeciduous tree
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height3600.0 ~ 3900.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.5 ~ 1.5 cm

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