Chinese Horse-chestnut

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Aesculus chinensis
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 Chinese Horse-chestnut
Habit:
Height: ⇕
Width: ⇔
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈
Poisonous: ☠ seeds slightly toxic
Exposure: ☼ full sun
Water: ◍
Features: ✓
Hardiness: ☃
Bloom: ❀
USDA Zones:
Sunset Zones: not available
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Aesculus chinensis, Bunge. Tree, to 60 ft.: lfts. 5-7, short-stalked, oblong-obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, acuminate, cuneate at the base, glabrous beneath, except sparingly hairy on the veins, closely serrulate, 4-7 in. long: fls. less than 1/2in. long, white, in elongated cylindric panicles: fr. subglobose, slightly depressed at the apex, with thick walls: seeds 1 in. across or less with the hilum occupying about one-half of the seed. May, June. N. China.—Recently intro. by the Arnold Arboretum and probably hardy N.


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