Taxon

Aesculus turbinata

 
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Aesculus turbinata - Japanese horse-chestnut
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Common name: Japanese horse-chestnut
Family: Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Synonym: Aesculus sinensis
Distribution: Japan
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: Becomes a large deciduous tree, 80' in its native Japan but remains about half this size in cultivation. Usually this species is quite upright and oval in shape. Leaves are palmately compound, 5-7 leaflets, dark green taking on no appreciable fall color but showing good resistance to leaf scorch. Flowers arrive in mid-May tucked under the foliage as upright creamy white clusters, 4-8" long. Fruit is a large nut, 2" across.
Links: • Flora of Japan • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List

Locations

  • 1: AES: BP30 (BP30) • Accession: D1996-0107.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: AZA: AY15 (AY15) • Accession: D1989-0116.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: CCA: AU29 (AU29) • Accession: D2006-0077.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 4: DWD: AK02 (AK02) • Accession: D1981-0118.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: LKV: CC18 (CC18) • Accession: D1989-0113.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 6: PER: CH22 (CH22) • Accession: D2006-0077.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 7: STU: AT08 (AT08) • Accession: D1928-0008.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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