Aesculus indica
Indian horse-chestnut · also Himalayan horse chestnut, Indian horse chestnut
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Aesculus indica, or Indian Horse Chestnut, is a deciduous broad-leaved tree with a spreading crown and distinctive flaky, grey-green bark. Its pinkish-white flowers appear in July, attracting bees. This ornamental tree, native to the Himalayas, thrives in moist, chalk-tolerant soils with light shade, and is notable for its resistance to the horse chestnut leaf-mining moth.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,0000.09%—2.6 in
- 820.03%3.8 yr9.8 in
- 410.12%—21 in
- 50.00%27 yr5.8 in
- 10.00%—13 in
Traits
- Form
- Spreading
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 40–60 ft
- Canopy spread
- 35–50 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Sun
- Part shade
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Chalk-tolerant
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Jul
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.8 in, mean 4.0 in, 90th percentile 7.5 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Western Himalayan broadleaf forests
Other Aesculus in the catalogue
15 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
