Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Sapindaceae | Genus: Aesculus | Species: Aesculus indica (Wall. ex Cambess.) Hook |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Pavia indica Royle., Pawia indica (Colebr.) Kuntze | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Flower Type | Solitary | |
| English / Trade Name | Indian Horse Chestnut, Horse Chestnut | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Bankhor or Ban Akhrot,Kashmir Handun, Kanor | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Upto 3000m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Capsule, 2 cm long, 4.1 cm in diameter, spiny, green fruit which holds several brown seeds. |
| Habitat | High Altitude, Cultivated, | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Native of Himalaya | Bark Details | Bark peels off upwards in narrow strips. The young shoots are minutely velvety, becoming hairless at maturity. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Whorled (leaves in groups of 3 or more along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Obovate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 22 m. Leaves glossy, typically seven leaflets arising from the same point on rather reddish stalks. Flowers in panicles, white, Fruit spiny, green which holds several brown seeds. | Leaf Details | Leaves glossy, typically seven leaflets arising from the same point on rather reddish stalks. |
