Sapindaceae
Ohio buckeye
Aesculus glabra
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Aesculus
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- أيسكولوس غلابرا
- Azerbaijani
- Çılpaq atşabalıdı
- Bulgarian
- Охайски конски кестен, Тексаски конски кестен
- Cantonese
- 光葉七葉樹
- Chinese
- 光叶七叶树, 光葉七葉樹, 光滑七叶树
- Czech
- Jírovec lysý
- English
- Ohio buckeye, American buckeye, Fetid buckeye, Texas buckeye
- Finnish
- Ohionhevoskastanja
- French
- Pavier de l'Ohio, Marronnier de l'Ohio, Marronnier glabre
- German
- Ohio-Rosskastanie
- Hebrew
- ערמון קירח
- Japanese
- オハイオトチノキ, アメリカトチノキ
- Korean
- 오하이오칠엽수
- Macedonian
- Гол див костен
- Persian
- شاهبلوط گلابرا
- Russian
- Конский каштан голый
- Spanish
- Falso castaño de Ohio
- Ukrainian
- Гіркокаштан голий
Synonyms
- Aesculus arguta Buckley
- Aesculus buckleyi (Sarg.) Bush
- Aesculus echinata Muhl.
- Aesculus glabra f. glabra
- Aesculus glabra f. pallida (Willd.) Fernald
- Aesculus glabra subsp. arguta (Buckley) A.E.Murray
- Aesculus glabra var. arguta (Buckley) Rob.
- Aesculus glabra var. buckleyi Sarg.
- Aesculus glabra var. glabra
- Aesculus glabra var. leucodermis Sarg.
- Aesculus glabra var. micrantha Sarg.
- Aesculus glabra var. monticola Sarg.
- Aesculus glabra var. sargentii Rehder
- Aesculus muricata Raf.
- Aesculus ochroleuca Raf.
- Aesculus ohioensis F.Michx.
- Aesculus pallida Willd.
- Aesculus rosea Loudon
- Aesculus rubella Wender.
- Aesculus rubicunda Lodd.
- Aesculus verrucosa Raf.
- Aesculus watsoniana D.Dietr.
- Hippocastanum carneum Raf.
- Hippocastanum glabrum var. buckleyi (Sarg.) Lunell
- Hippocastanum rubicundum Raf.
- Nebropsis glabra (Willd.) Raf.
- Nebropsis muricata Raf.
- Nebropsis ochroleuca Raf.
- Nebropsis pallida Raf.
- Nebropsis verrucosa Raf.
- Ozotis trifoliata Raf.
- Pavia arguta Raf.
- Pavia glabra Spach
- Pavia ohioensis F.Michx.
- Pavia pallida Spach
- Pavia rubra var. arguta G.Don ex Loudon
- Pavia watsoniana Spach
- Pawia glabra Kuntze
- Pawia pallida Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 590 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, 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.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: lanechaffin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: skylar_schell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: shelarious, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: askalotl, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: L OS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: accidentalshrike, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.