Aesculus hippocastanum L.

English: Horse Chestnut

German: Rosskastanie

Mandarin: 欧洲七叶树 (ou zhou qi ye shu)

Portuguese: Castanheiro-da-Índia

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Sapindales (71)

        Family: Hippocastanaceae (3)(family description)

          Genus: Aesculus (3)

            Epithet: hippocastanum L. (1)

hippocastanum => horse chestnut

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: violet, pink, white

Check for Aesculus hippocastanum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [32] Image of Aesculus hippocastanum (Hippocastanaceae ) - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
• [444] Aesculus hippocastanum - Plants For A Future database
• [1614] Aesculus hippocastanum - Flora of China @ efloras.org