The WALA Plant Library
Horse Chestnut

Synonyms for Horse Chestnut: Spanish Chestnut, Buckeye
Scientific Name: Aesculus hippocastanum L.
Family: Hippocastanaceae

Description:

There are two moments in the year when the Horse Chestnut particularly attracts our attention: in May when the impressive candle-shaped flowers reach up towards the spring sky in their full splendour and in the autumn when the sound of falling chestnuts rings in the new season. In the summer, this imposing tree, which can reach a height of more than 90 feet and bears large, palmate leaves with seven leaflets, provides many an idyllic shady place.