Aesculus hippocastanum

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superrosids • Cladus: rosids • Cladus: eurosids II • Ordo: Sapindales • Familia: Sapindaceae • Genus: Aesculus • Species: Aesculus hippocastanum L. (1753)

Synoniemen

- see: Wikispecies

Gangbare naam (in diverse talen) [bewerken wikidata 'witte paardenkastanje']

• Nederlands: Witte paardenkastanje
• English: Horse-chestnut
• Alemannisch: Gewöhnliche Rosskastanie
• العربية: كستناء الحصان
• مصرى: كستناء الحصان
• azərbaycanca: Adi atşabalıdı
• беларуская: Конскі каштан звычайны
• беларуская (тарашкевіца): Конскі каштан звычайны
• български: Обикновен конски кестен
• bosanski: Divlji kesten
• català: Castanyer bord
• čeština: Jírovec maďal
• Cymraeg: Castanwydden y meirch
• dansk: Hestekastanje
• Deutsch: Gewöhnliche Rosskastanie
• Ελληνικά: Αγριοκαστανιά
• Esperanto: Ordinara hipokastano
• eesti: Harilik hobukastan
• euskara: Indigaztainondo
• فارسی: شاه‌بلوط هندی
• suomi: Hevoskastanja
• Nordfriisk: Hingstkastanje
• Gaeilge: Crann cnó capaill
• galego: Castiñeiro de Indias
• Alemannisch: Rosskastanie
• עברית: ערמונית הסוסים
• hrvatski: Obični divlji kesten
• hornjoserbsce: Běły jěrowc
• magyar: Közönséges vadgesztenye
• հայերեն: Ձիակասկ սովորական
• Ido: Kastaniero
• íslenska: Hestakastanía
• 日本語: セイヨウトチノキ
• ქართული: ცხენისწაბლა
• 한국어: 가시칠엽수
• Lëtzebuergesch: Wëlle Käschtebam
• lietuvių: Paprastasis kaštonas
• latviešu: Parastā zirgkastaņa
• македонски: Див костен
• norsk bokmål: hestekastanje
• norsk nynorsk: Hestekastanje
• norsk: Hestekastanje
• occitan: Marronièr d'Índia
• polski: Kasztanowiec pospolity
• português: Castanheiro-da-índia
• română: Castan sălbatic
• русский: Конский каштан обыкновенный
• sardu: Ippocastanu
• Scots: Chestane
• žemaitėška: Kaštuons
• srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Divlji kesten
• Simple English: Horse chestnut
• slovenčina: Pagaštan konský
• slovenščina: Navadni divji kostanj
• shqip: Gështenja e egër
• српски / srpski: Дивљи кестен
• svenska: Hästkastanj
• Türkçe: Beyaz çiçekli at kestanesi
• українська: Гіркокаштан звичайний
• Tiếng Việt: Dẻ ngựa
• 吴语: 欧洲七叶树
• 中文: 欧洲七叶树
• 中文（中国大陆）: 欧洲七叶树
• 中文（臺灣）: 歐洲七葉樹

Trees

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  Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom
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  Netherlands
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  Rosice, Czech Republic
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  Djurgården, Sweden
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  Flowering tree
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  Flowering tree, Germany
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  Flowering tree, Karlsruhe, Germany
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  Samart, Belgium
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  Sopot, Poland
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  Avenue in Stupava, Slovakia
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  Avenue in Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
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  Pescatore Park in Luxembourg City
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  Observation tower, Germany
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  Flowering trees, Germany
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  Flowering trees, Germany
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  Nivelles (Belgium).
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  Parc de Mariemont
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  Tree, Kiev, Ukraine
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  Early spring, Rouveroy (Belgium)
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  Early spring, Rouveroy (Belgium)
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  Trees in spring, Germany
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  Late summer, Germany
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  Tree in autumn, baroque garden of Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark
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  Autumn, Austria
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  Tree in autumn, Kew Gardens
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  Tree in autumn, Poznań, Poland
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  Tree in winter
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  Winter, deer in Chatsworth Park, UK
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  Tree in winter, Netherlands

Bark

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  Trunk
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  Madrid, Spain
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  Bark with resin bleeding

Buds

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  flower buds
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  flower buds
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  flower buds
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  horseshoe

Leaves and flowers

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  Leaf
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  Leaf in autumn
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  Young leaves
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  Leaves tatter quickly in wind after insect feeding
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  Aesculus hippocastanum sectorial chimera
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  Flowers of chestnut, spring 2006
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  Aesculus hippocastanum
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  Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’
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  flower
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  Second flowering

Fruits

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  Beginning of the fruiting
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  Young fruits on tree
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  Fruits hanging at the tree, Germany, August 2006
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  Horse chestnuts, or the capsules of the Aesculus hippocastanum
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  Fruit uf chestnut, Czech republic, autumn 2005
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Seedlings

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  Seedling, Białowieża, Poland, 05.2006
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  seedling detail
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  seedling
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  Seed in section. One can see the primary root and above (in the picture below) it primary leafs (green, small)

Illustrations

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  Aesculus hippocastanum
  plate 326 in:
  Otto Wilhelm Thomé:
  Flora von Deutschland, Österreich u.d. Schweiz,
  Gera (1885)
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  Aesculus hippocastanum
  plate 326 in:
  Otto Wilhelm Thomé:
  Flora von Deutschland, Österreich u.d. Schweiz,
  Gera (1885)

  (modified)

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  Carl Larsson: Under the chestnut tree, 1912
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  Coat of arms of Kutrovice village, Czech Republic
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  floral diagram
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  English: Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Chestnut Tree in Bloom

  Deutsch: Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Blühender Kastanienbaum

  Français : Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Le marronnier en fleurs

Wikispecies has an entry on: Aesculus hippocastanum.