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Aesculus assamica
Also called Assam Buckeye, Horse Chestnut
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.
It is used in traditional medicine for treatment of inflammation and as an antifungal agent, and is being investigated for treatment of skin infections.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aesculus assamica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
