Sapindaceae
California buckeye
Aesculus californica
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Aesculus
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Aesculus californicaSapindaceae
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- كستناء كاليفورنيا
- arz
- كستناء كاليفورنيا
- Bulgarian
- Калифорнийски конски кестен
- Cantonese
- 加州七葉樹
- Chinese
- 加州七叶树, 加州七葉树, 加州七葉樹
- Czech
- Jírovec kalifornský
- English
- California buckeye, California horse chestnut
- Finnish
- Kalifornianhevoskastanja
- French
- Pavier de Californie
- German
- Kalifornische Rosskastanie
- Hebrew
- ערמונית קליפורנית
- Hungarian
- Kaliforniai vadgesztenye
- Macedonian
- Калифорниски див костен
- Persian
- شاهبلوط آمریکایی
- Polish
- Kasztanowiec kalifornijski
- Ukrainian
- Гіркокаштан каліфорнійський
Synonyms
- Calothyrsus californica Spach
- Hippocastanum californicum (Spach) Greene
- Pavia californica (Spach) Hartw.
- Pawia californica (Spach) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Severe, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
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- Bottlebrush buckeyeAesculus parvifloraSapindaceae
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- Chinese horse-chestnutAesculus chinensisSapindaceae
- Painted buckeyeAesculus sylvaticaSapindaceae
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- BuckeyeAesculus × neglectaSapindaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.