School of Horticulture
Plant Database
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Scientific Name: | Aesculus chinensis |
Pronunciation: | ESS-kew-lus chye-NEN-sis |
Common Name: | Chinese horse chestnut |
Family Name: | Sapindaceae |
Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
Key ID Features: | Leaves palmately compound with 5 elliptic-obovate leaflets up to 20 cm long, bright green in spring; flowers in panicles to 40 cm long; fruit 2 cm wide smooth capsule that splits along carpel lines to release brown seed. Winter ID: buds brown and sticky, opposite; leaf scar large, with 7 distinct bundle scars. |
Course(s): | not used (off campus) |
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Propagation: | Grafting, Seed |
Plant Care: | |
Maintenance: | Medium maintenance plant |
Pest Susceptibility: | Stem borer insects, ( Pest resistant, Disease resistant ) |
Location(s): (BCW) Boulevard (Circular) Westend : 287, 288, 289, 290 (BGR) Boulevard by Glover Road : 291, 292 (NRY) NuRserY : 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 587 (QRR) Quercus Robur Row planting : 135, 136 Location Map |