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Aesculus a genus of the family Hippocastanaceae of shrubs and trees. Called also horsechestnut, buckeye. Contains a toxic hydroxycoumarin glycoside esculin in seed pods and shoots; causes depression, tremor, incoordination, paralysis. Includes A. californica (California buckeye), A. glabra (Ohio buckeye), A. hippocastanum (horsechestnut), A. pavia (red buckeye), A. octandra (sweet buckeye). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Then there are horse chestnuts (Aesculus hippocastanum), not of the same genus as "true" chestnuts, whose fruits are inedible unless processed to remove their large concentration of bitter tannins; water chestnuts (Trapa spp. They can eat horse chestnuts, white mulberries, willows, elms, black locusts, hibiscuses (including the rose of Sharon), and Russian olives. Saponins appear in a variety of plants, particularly in the barks and roots of the Japanese angelica tree, the ovary of the soapnut tree, and the seeds of horse chestnuts and camellias. |
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