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Aesculus chinensis Bunge 1832
Sapindaceae (APG IV)
Chinese horse chestnut
Akzessionnummer: EG-G-088-18729
Pflanzjahr: 2009
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Aesculus chinensis Bunge
Sapindaceae
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
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Last update:
Taxonomic update: Database method on: 31.3.2020Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 26.9.2019
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