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Aesculus hippocastanum · wildlife atlas entry

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Aesculus hippocastanum is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large deciduous, synoecious (hermaphroditic-flowered) tree, commonly known as horse-chestnut or conker tree . Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Record card

Scientific name	Aesculus hippocastanum
Rank	species
Community observations	78,740 research-grade records on iNaturalist
Conservation status	VU — IUCN Red List assessment

Classification

kingdom Plantae › phylum Tracheophyta › class Magnoliopsida › order Sapindales › family Sapindaceae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

horse-chestnut photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Foxham Road, London, England, GB
(c) renata1968, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

horse-chestnut photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · 48-385 Janowa, Polska
(c) Nataniel Rydlewski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

horse-chestnut photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · 48-385 Janowa, Polska
(c) Nataniel Rydlewski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

horse-chestnut photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-16 · Семилукский р-н, Воронежская обл., Россия
(c) ver_un_erizo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

horse-chestnut photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Chodecka 02, 03-332 Warszawa, Polska
(c) Mela Bruxa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

horse-chestnut photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Abovyan street, 葉里溫, 亞美尼亞, AM
(c) Huan-Yu Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

horse-chestnut photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Greenfield Dr, Hudson, NH, US
(c) endretoth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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