Aesculus hippocastanum. Horse-chestnut.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
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Aesculus hippocastanum L.
Engl.: horse chestnut, common horse chestnut, conker.
Deu.: Rosskastanie, Balkan-Rosskastanie, Gemeine Rosskastanie, Gewöhnliche Rosskastanie.
Sven.: hästkastanj, vanlig hästkastanj.
Suom.: hevoskastanja, balkaninhevoskastanja.
Ital.: ippocastano.
Bot. syn.: Hippocastanum aesculus Cav., Hippocastanum vulgare Gaertn.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Branch in seed, with smooth seed balls. Arabianranta, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-09-17.
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Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Scudder 1870.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: Petersen 1905.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1887.
Classic texts: Felter 1922.
Classic texts: Cook 1869.
Classic texts: Boericke 1901.
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