Aesculus (Sturtevant, 1919)
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Aesculus californica
- Accepted name : Aesculus californica
Aesculus californica Nutt. Sapindaceae. CALIFORNIA HORSE-CHESTNUT.
A low-spreading tree of the Pacific Coast of the United States. The chestnuts are made into a gruel or soup by the western Indians[1]. The Indians of California pulverize the nut, extract the bitterness by washing with water and form the residue into a cake to be used as food[2].
Aesculus hippocastanum
- Accepted name : Aesculus hippocastanum
Aesculus hippocastanum Linn. HORSE-CHESTNUT.
Turkey. The common horse-chestnut is cultivated for ornament but never for the purpose of a food supply. It is now known to be a native of Greece or the Balkan Mountains[1]. Pickering[2] says it was made known in 1557; Brandis[3], that it was cultivated in Vienna in 1576; and Emerson[4], that it was introduced into the gardens of France in 1615 from Constantinople. John Robinson[5] says that it was known in England about 1580. It was introduced to northeast America, says Pickering[6], by European colonists. The seeds are bitter and in their ordinary condition inedible but have been used, says Balfour[7], as a substitute for coffee.
- ↑ Robinson, J. Agr. Mass. 34. 1850.
- ↑ Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pls. 892. 1879.
- ↑ Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 104. 1876.
- ↑ Emerson, G. B. Trees, Shrubs Mass. 2:546. 1875.
- ↑ Robinson, J. Letter to Dr. Sturtevant Oct. 13, 1881.
- ↑ Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pls. 892. 1879.
- ↑ Balfour, J. H. Man. Bot. 459. 1875.
Aesculus indica
- Accepted name : Aesculus indica
Aesculus indica Coleb. Himalayas. A lofty tree of the Himalaya Mountains called kunour or pangla[1]. In times of scarcity, the seeds are used as food, ground and mixed with flour after steeping in water[2].
Aesculus parviflora
- Accepted name : Aesculus parviflora
Aesculus parviflora Walt. BUCKEYE.
Southern states of America. The fruit, according to Browne[1], may be eaten boiled or roasted as a chestnut.
- ↑ Browne, D. J. Trees Amer. 121. 1846. (A. macrostachya)
