Aesculus assamica

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Ma niang nam

Sapindaceae Edible: Fruit 35 iNaturalist observations

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Summary

Aesculus assamica (syn. Aesculus wangii), the Assam horse-chestnut, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus Aesculus in the family Sapindaceae. It is native to warm temperate to subtropical areas of the eastern Himalayas from Sikkim through Bhutan and Assam to Arunachal Pradesh, and southwestern and southern China (including the far southeast of Tibet), Bangladesh, and mainland southeast Asia, except Cambodia and Peninsular Malaysia.

Description

A tree. It grows 32 m tall. The trunk is 60 cm across. The leaves have 5-9 leaflets. These are 12-35 cm long by 5-18 cm wide. There can be teeth along the edge. The flowers are in groups of 3-11 flowers and they have a scent. The petals are white or yellow. The fruit is a capsule that is oval and 5 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. There is usually one seed.

Edible Uses

The young fruit are eaten.

Traditional Uses

The young fruit are eaten.

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Medicinal Uses

It is used in traditional medicine for treatment of inflammation and as an antifungal agent, and is being investigated for treatment of skin infections. It has been introduced into cultivation in Europe in Britain, and in France where a 15 year old specimen had reached 7.6 m tall.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in limestone country. It is in wet forests and mixed or evergreen broad-leaved forests. It grows between 100-2,000 m above sea level in S China. In Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Asia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Laos, Myanmar, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,

Notes

Also put in the family Hippocastanaceae.

Synonyms

Aesculus khassyana C. R. Das & MajumdarAesculus punduana Wall. ex HiernAesculus punduana Wall.Pavia khassyana VoigtPavia punduana Wall. ex VoigtPawia punduana Kuntze