Download Aesculus glabra

Aesculus glabra
Native to Midwestern United States. Now ranging in areas from southern Michigan to
central Texas [1]. Grown in woodland areas as well as ornamental specimens, yet a poor
street tree. Distinguishing Characteristics: Non-Resinous buds. Large, showy, greenishyellow fowers in spring. Polygamomonoecious: flowers either hermaphroditic or male.
Produce very large seeds in a prickly capsule. smell Major uses: ornamental. Rough
lumber with small commercial importance; yet valuable, easily worked wood used for
some furniture production. Roasted seeds once used for medicinal purposes. Seeds,
leaves, and inner bark, containing saponins, are toxic to many vertebrates including
humans when taken internally. Native Americans used buckeyes as fish poison as well as
charms against arthritis. Ohio state tree Information provided by Kristin Bush, 2002.
[1] http://www.treeguide.com/Species.asp?SpeciesID=116&Region=World