Hippocastanaceae
Hippocastanaceae A family of trees or shrubs that have opposite, palmately
compound leaves without
stipules and large terminal
panicles of showy, irregular flowers. The flowers have usually 5
sepals and 4
petals and a
superior ovary that ripens to a large, thick-walled
capsule containing 1 or 2 large, leathery, glossy, nut-like, inedible seeds. Flowers are
zygomorphic, with a
disc. Winter buds have big scales. There are 2 genera.
Aesculus (deciduous), with 13 species, occurs in the northern temperate zone, and 2 species of
Billia (evergreen) in tropical Central and S. America.
A. hippocastanum (horse-chestnut), is often grown for ornament.
Aesculus also includes the buckeyes of N. America.
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