CATTON ARBORETUM
Aesculus indica Sydney Pearce
Common name: Indian Horse Chestnut
Year planted: 2024
Country of origin: Himalayan Forests
Year introduced: The cultivar Sydney Pearce was raised at Kew Gardens in 1928
Description: Deep green leaves are flushed bronze on opening with flowers appearing in mid summer. The fruit is a capsule with a nut inside like the common horse chestnut but with a smooth outer skin. The Indian chestnut is normally darker in colour to black and is highly poisonous. The fruit must not be confused with Sweet Chestnuts
what3words: competing.status.origins
Tree number: 80
Year planted: 2024
Country of origin: Himalayan Forests
Year introduced: The cultivar Sydney Pearce was raised at Kew Gardens in 1928
Description: Deep green leaves are flushed bronze on opening with flowers appearing in mid summer. The fruit is a capsule with a nut inside like the common horse chestnut but with a smooth outer skin. The Indian chestnut is normally darker in colour to black and is highly poisonous. The fruit must not be confused with Sweet Chestnuts
what3words: competing.status.origins
Tree number: 80
