Japanese Horse-Chestnut

Aesculus turbinata

"Aesculus turbinata", common name Japanese horse-chestnut, is native to Japan but cultivated elsewhere. It is a tree up to 30 m tall.
Aesculus turbinata, 칠엽수 horse chestnut Aesculus turbinata,Geotagged,South Korea,Spring,칠엽수

Appearance

Flowers are white to pale yellowish with red spots. Capsules are dark brown, obovoid to pyriform. The seeds were traditionally eaten, after leaching, by the Jōmon people of Japan over about four millennia, until 300 AD. Today the seeds are used in Japanese cuisine to prepare "Tochimochi".
Aesculus turbinata, 칠엽수 Aesculus turbinata,Geotagged,Japanese Horse-Chestnut,South Korea,Spring,칠엽수

Naming

"Aesculus" was named by Linnaeus, and the name is derived from the Roman name, "aesculus", of the durmast oak.

"Turbinata" means ‘conical’, ‘turbinate’, or ‘top-shaped’.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderSapindales
FamilySapindaceae
GenusAesculus
SpeciesA. turbinata
Photographed in
South Korea