(This article is about the plants called buckeyes. There is also a place called Buckeye, Arizona in the United States of America. A buckeye is also a breed of chicken, see buckeye (chicken))
Aesculus hippocastanum
Buckeyes and Horsechestnuts | ||||||||||||
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Aesculus arguta: Texas buckeye Aesculus buckleyi Aesculus californica: California buckeye Aesculus chinensis: Chinese buckeye Aesculus flava (aka A. lutea or octandra): yellow buckeye Aesculus glabra: Ohio buckeye Aesculus hippocastanum: horsechestnut Aesculus indicum: Indian horsechestnut Aesculus neglecta: dwarf buckeye Aesculus parviflora: bottlebrush buckeye Aesculus pavia: red buckeye Aesculus sylvatica: painted buckeye Aesculus turbinata: Japanese horsechestnut |
Buckeyes are poisonous, but some native American tribes leached the pulverized nuts to make them edible.
Several members of the genus are used as ornamentals. The horsechestnut, red buckeye, bottlebrush buckeye, and painted buckeye are all planted for their showy flowers. Several showy horticultural hybrids have been developed.
The Ohio buckeye is the state tree of Ohio.