Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse Chestnut, Common Horse Chestnut, Conker-tree, European horse-chestnut, Horse-chestnut, Horse-chestnut [tree], Common Horsechestnut, Horsechestnut, Conker Tree, Crann cnó capaill, European horse chestnut, Spanish chestnut, White Horse Chestnut, Buckeye, European horsechestnut, Rosskastanie, Aesculus hippocastanum
Description
First-class polyannual deciduous tree with large, dense, rounded crown. Due to the majesty and elegance of its plant architecture, it is suitable for large green spaces, both private and public, where it will be a landscape focal point whose high aesthetic value will also be enhanced by its large panicle-shaped inflorescences bearing cream-coloured flowers in spring. It is highly hardy and prefers sunny locations in soil free of waterlogging, also tolerating the winter cold.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Aesculus
- Species
- Aesculus hippocastanum
Synonyms (7)
- Aesculus asplenifolia
- Aesculus memmingeri
- Aesculus procera
- Aesculus septenata
- Hippocastanum aesculus
- Hippocastanum vulgare
- Pawia hippocastanum
