Arkansas Tree Database

Horsechestnut

Horsechestnut

Scientific name:

Aesculus Hippocastanum

Size:

60' tall by as wide

Leaves:

opposite, palmately compound with 7 toothed leaflets

Flowers:

showy white with red or yellow markings, in large upright panicles

Fruit:

1-2 nuts in spiny light brown husk

Fall Interest:

yellow and brown; deciduous

Culture:

sun to partial sun; moist, well-drained soil

Disease/Insect:

Use:

shade tree, street tree

Cultivars:

Notes:

in the soapberry family along with buckeyes, and likewise have poisonous nuts; not in the same family as chestnuts which have edible nuts; native to the Balkans

Resources:

https://www.uaex.uada.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-database/shrubs/buckeye.aspx

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Common horsechestnut bark on young tree Common horsechestnut bark on trunk Common horsechestnut flowers in panicle Common horsechestnut flowers in panicles Common horsechestnut palmately compound leaf, showing toothed margins Common horsechestnut palmately compound leaf, underside Common horsechestnut fruit Common horsechestnut nut in spiny husk Common horsechestnut nut in spiny husk Common horsechestnut tree in bloom Common horsechestnut tree in bloom Common horsechestnut twig with buds Common horsechestnut twig with leaf scar