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Aesculus

plant genus

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Sapindales

  • Tangerine (Citrus reticulata deliciosa)
    In Sapindales: Distribution and abundance

    Aesculus (horse chestnuts and buckeyes), with about 13 deciduous species, has an interrupted distribution in temperate forests from western and eastern North America (seven species) to the Balkan Peninsula in Europe (one species) and in Asia from India to China and Japan (five species). The…

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  • Tangerine (Citrus reticulata deliciosa)
    In Sapindales: Sapindaceae

    Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut) of the Balkan mountain region and the North American buckeyes—A. glabra (Ohio buckeye) and A. flava (yellow buckeye)—have light, soft, tough fine-grained wood. Once used for artificial limbs, splints, and various kinds of woodware, the wood is now most important as…

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