Aesculus chinensis, commonly called Chinese horse chestnut or Chinese buckeye, is a rounded deciduous tree that typically grows to 30-40' (less frequently to 70') tall. It is native to forests, thickets, slopes, ravines and roadsides in northern China. Long-stalked, deciduous, palmate green leaves have serrate margins.

Flowers have 4 white petals; some dabbed with yellow or red, and are in showy cylindrical terminal clusters (panicles) to 40 cm long. The fruit are dehiscent, globose capsules, rough-textured, but spineless, and at maturity open to release 1-2 …

Aesculus chinensis produces large white upright panicles of flowers from late spring to early summer. Meise Botanical Garden (20040085–79), Belgium. 13 June 2013.

First published in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 84 (1832) The native range of this species is Central & S. China to N. Laos. It is a tree and grows primarily in the …

Learn about the scientific name of the Aesculus chinensis, its common names, local names and detailed information on its physical characteristics, taxonomy, and distribution in the Plantae domain.

Aesculus chinensis is a deciduous Tree growing to 25 m (82ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a slow rate. See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 6 and is not frost tender. It is in flower in July, and the seeds ripen in September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Bees.

Aesculus chinensis Bunge is a large and relatively fast-growing tree, growing to at least 25 metres tall and with trunks that can exceed two metres in diameter. It is easily distinguished from other horse chestnut species in China by its smooth seed capsules and its mostly stalked leaflets.

The Chinese horse-chestnut, Aesculus chinensis, is illustrated from a tree cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This tree was grown from seeds originally imported from China by Dr Purdom, from whom Kew obtained a plant.

Trees to 25 m tall, to 2.5 m d.b.h. Branchlets glabrous or puberulent to densely villous when young.

Aesculus chinensis is a deciduous tree that can grow up to 25 metres tall. The bole can be up to 250cm in diameter [ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of saponins. An excellent concise but comprehensive …