Indian Horse Chestnut
Scientific name of Indian Horse Chestnut: Aesculus indica
Family: Sapindaceae
Name of Indian Horse Chestnut in different languages
English: Himalayan horse chestnut
Malayalam : Akshodam
Hindi: Kanor, Bankhor
it is a tall tree, smaller tree than common Horse chestnut, the average height of this tree is 22 m, it is a deciduous tree with a good vegetation, commonly found in Himalaya regions of India. The leaves are large, opposite, digitate, glossy, laceolate ( Boat shaped),margin entire and venation pinnate, it forms a umbel shaped at the branch apex, the flowers are found in a long stack about 40 cm long and bearing about 300 flowers, occur in between May and June, the fruits are spiny, seeds are brown and hard.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Cuneate | Margin-Entire | Venation-pinnate |
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Useful part of the tree;
Seeds, leaves
Chemical contents:
Saponins, aesculin (Toxin)
Medicinal uses:
To treat skin diseases, colic, rheumatism, whooping-cough and headaches.
Medicinal properties:
Astringent, acrid and narcotic.
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