天师栗 Aesculus chinensis var. wilsonii

  • Scientific Name: Aesculus chinensis var. wilsonii (Rehder) Turland & N.H.Xia
  • Ref: Novon 15:489. 2005
  • Synonym: Aesculus wilsonii Rehder
  • English Common Name: Wilson’s horse chestnut
  • Chinese Common Name: 天师栗 tiānshī∙lì, 娑罗果 suōluó∙guǒ, 猴板栗 hóu∙bǎnlì
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • Genus: Aesculus
  • Distribution: Broad-leaved forests, near streams in tall shady forests, woods, thickets, mountain and hill slopes, ravines, roadsides, also cultivated; 600-2000(-2300) m. Chongqing, S Gansu (Kangxian), N Guangdong, Guizhou, SW Henan, W Hubei, Hunan, W Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, NE Yunnan.
  • Photo: 05/12/2013
See Aesculus chinensis. Leaflet blades abaxially ± uniformly grayish tomentose or villous, or grayish tomentose on veins (sometimes only when young), base broadly cuneate to rounded or slightly cordate. (Flora of China)

Leave a comment