Taxon:  Aesculus indica (Wall. ex Cambess.) Hook.



Summary
Genus:
Aesculus
Section:
Calothyrsus
Family:
Sapindaceae
Subfamily:
Hippocastanoideae
Nomen number:
1631
Place of publication:
Bot. Mag. 85: t. 5117.  1859
Verified:
01/02/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pavia indica Wall. ex Cambess.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1182.
  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  3. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  6. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
  7. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: lists as Aesculus indica (Wall. ex Cambess.) Hook. f.
  8. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishIndian horse-chestnut  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Frenchmarronnier de l'Himalaya  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1182.
Germanindische Rosskastanie  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1182.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan e.Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradeshn. 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan n.Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: lists as Aesculus indica (Wall. ex Cambess.) Hook. f.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan (e.)
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh (n.)], Nepal, Pakistan (n.)

Reference(s)
  1. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  2. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: lists as Aesculus indica (Wall. ex Cambess.) Hook. f.
  3. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=1631. Accessed 17 April 2026.