Sapindaceae
Chinese horse-chestnut
Aesculus chinensis
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Aesculus
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- ايسكولوس تشينينسيس
- Bulgarian
- Китайски конски кестен
- Cantonese
- 七葉樹
- Chinese
- 七叶树, 七葉樹, 娑罗子, 浙江七叶树, 开心果, 開心果
- Czech
- Jírovec čínský
- English
- Chinese horse-chestnut, Chinese buckeye, Chinese horse chestnut
- German
- Chinesische Rosskastanie
- Macedonian
- Кинески див костен
- mnc
- ᠰᠠᠯᠠ ᠮᠣᠣ
- Persian
- چشمگوزنی چینی
- Ukrainian
- Гіркокаштан китайський
Synonyms
- Pawia chinensis Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- May (from 22 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jiao Sun (孙娇), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jiao Sun (孙娇), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Wang.QG, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Jiao Sun (孙娇), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jiao Sun (孙娇), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wolfsun486, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wolfsun486, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Aesculus
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- Ohio buckeyeAesculus glabraSapindaceae
- Yellow buckeyeAesculus flavaSapindaceae
- Himalayas horse chestnutAesculus indicaSapindaceae
- Red buckeyeAesculus paviaSapindaceae
- California buckeyeAesculus californicaSapindaceae
- Bottlebrush buckeyeAesculus parvifloraSapindaceae
- Japanese horse chestnutAesculus turbinataSapindaceae
- Painted buckeyeAesculus sylvaticaSapindaceae
- Assam horse-chestnutAesculus assamicaSapindaceae
- Baja California buckeyeAesculus parryiSapindaceae
- 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). About our plant data.