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Common Horsechestnut

Aesculus hippocastanum · Sapindaceae · 가시칠엽수

How to spot it

Large palmate compound leaves with 5 to 7 leaflets, white flowers with spots that change color, and spiny capsules.

Look

Leaves
Opposite leaves are palmately compound.
Flowers
Cream-white flowers with yellow spots; the spots turn red as the flowers age.
Fruit
Inside the spiny, leathery capsule are large, glossy brown seeds with a pale scar.

Where it grows

In Korea
Planted
Native to
Native to the Balkan Peninsula of Europe.
Ecology
It is listed on the Royal Horticultural Society's (UK) list of pollinator-friendly garden plants. This is an assessment for UK garden conditions.

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