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Aesculus turbinata
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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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