Description of Buckeye
Leaves: Palmately compound , compound , long-stalked, mostly saw-toothed.
Bark: shallow fissures, surface separating into small scales.
Fruit: a large rounded brown capsule with hard thick wall splitting into three parts.
Yellow Buckeye
Hippocastanaceae Watson/Dallwitz
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