Taxon

Aesculus turbinata 'Marble Chip'

 
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Aesculus turbinata 'Marble Chip' - Marble Chip Japanese horse-chestnut
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Common name: Marble Chip Japanese horse-chestnut
Family: Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Distribution: Species native to Japan
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: A large deciduous tree, up to 80' in the wild but about half this size in cultivation with upright and oval habit. Palmately compound leaves, 5-7 leaflets, dark green with white blotching. No appreciable fall color but resistant to leaf scorch. May flowers are 4-8" upright creamy white clusters. Fruit a large 2" nut. Nice shade tree or specimen plant.

Locations

  • 1: HOL: BM31 (BM31) • Accession: D2010-0069.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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