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Aesculus chinensis Bunge 1832
Sapindaceae
(APG IV)Chinese horse chestnut
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: China
Size: 9 - 25 (m)
Flowering period: IV - VI
Aesculus chinensis Bunge - Accepted: Aesculus chinensis Bunge bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Sapindaceae (APG III)
- Color of flower
- white and yellowish spotted
- Flowers
- fragrant; inflorescence with 5-10 flowers in a cylindric thyrse
- Flower ecology
- insect-pollinated (entomophilous)
- Life form
- tree
- Leaves
- palmately compound, with 5-7 lanceolate to oblong-obovate leaflets with serrate margin; petiole 7-15 cm long
- Foliage persistence
- deciduous
- Fruits
- yellowish brown, ovoid to globose capsule fruit, 3-4.5 cm in diameter, containing 1 or 2 brown, globose or subglobose seeds
- Soil conditions
- preferentially on moist, nutrient-rich, well-drained loam soils
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- broad-leaved forests, shady forests along streams, woods, mountain slopes, ravines, roadsides
eFloras (2008): Flora of China. Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org.;
Last update:
Taxonomic update: Database method on: 31.3.2020Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 26.9.2019In the list below you will find the geographic coordinates of many woody plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map. If no coordinates are listed, the coordinate of the point in the map marks the middle coordinate of the section.| Sex | Standort | Accession number | Planting year | Donation | IPEN | Lat. | Long. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parzelle G | EG-G-088-18729 | 2009 | XX-0-HOH-EG-G-088-18729 | 48,7096297011 | 9,2068004554 |