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Aesculus assamica (Aesculus assamica)

Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: nuts, sprouts Aesculus assamica is a representative of the horse chestnut trees ( Aesculus ). It is native to the mountain forests of Southeast Asia and forms up to 32 m high trees. Aesculus assamica is a tree that reaches stature heights of up to 32 m and a breast height of 0.6 m. The bark is light gray. The branches are gray, bald or hairy. The leaves consist of 5 to 9 hand-shaped arranged leaflets. The petiole is 8 to 30 cm long and hairless to hairy. The leaflets are 0.3 to 1.5 cm long, hairless to pubescent, young dark glandular. The leaflets are 12 to 35, rarely 7 to 42 cm long and 5 to 18 cm wide. Its shape is oblong-lanceolate to narrow lanceolate. The underside is bald, slightly hairy or hairy on the nerves. The leaf base is truncated or rounded, the leaf margin is notched to sawed, the leaf end is pointed to skipped. There are 17 to 30 pairs of side nerves.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Sapindales

            • Family: Sapindaceae

              • Genus: Aesculus