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Aesculus Hippocastanum
(redirected from Conker tree)

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Horse Chestnut
A deciduous tree, the bark or fruit of which contains coumarins, flavonoids, saponins, tannins; it is believed to be anti-inflammatory; it is administered as an extract or decoction for arthritis, haemorrhoids, varicose veins, and to stimulate circulation; it is used topically for muscle pain and cramps
Toxicity HCs are poisonous, and may be fatal in children

Aesculus hippocastanum,


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Then the bone rattling tram ride from Navigation Street along the Bristol Road through the conker trees whose branches scraped along the sides of the trams, drinking cold tea out of a milk bottle, and eating bread and lard sarnies covered in salt and pepper.
Men with chainsaws cut the conker tree which has stood on Y Maes since the beginning of the 20th century at 6am on Bank Holiday Sunday.
Coventry's finest collection of conker trees - horse chestnuts - at Coombe Abbey park are dying of the twin menace of leaf miner insect and creeping canker.
 
 
 
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