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Aesculus dallimorei

(Aesculus dallimorei)

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Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: sprouts, nuts, seeds Aesculus species have stout shoots with resinous, often sticky, buds; opposite, palmately divided leaves, often very large-to 65 cm (26 in) across in the Japanese horse chestnut Ae. turbinata. Species are deciduous or evergreen. Flowers are showy, insect- or bird-pollinated, with four or five petals fused into a lobed corolla tube, arranged in a panicle inflorescence. Flowering starts after 80-110 growing degree days. The fruit matures to a capsule, 2-5 cm (25-32-1 31-32 in) diameter, usually globose, containing one to three seeds (often erroneously called a nut) per capsule. Capsules containing more than one seed result in flatness on one side of the seeds. The point of attachment of the seed in the capsule (hilum) shows as a large circular whitish scar.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Sapindales
Family:Sapindaceae
Genus:Sapindales
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