Red buckeye
Aesculus pavia L.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 6.1 m
- wide
- 4.6 m
Sapindaceae
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNC State Extension lists it as toxic to dogs, cats and horses (25 Oct 2026)
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as very poisonous (bark, flowers, fruits, leaves, seeds, stems) (25 Oct 2026)
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & SE. U.S.AKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 4.6 m to 7.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 3.0 m to 6.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Orange, redRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Asturian
- castañal bermeya
- Czech
- jírovec pávie
- Hungarian
- Vörös vadgesztenye
- Ukrainian
- Гіркокаштан червоний
- Chinese
- 北美红花七叶树
- Slovenian
- rdečecvetni divji kostanj
- Flemish
- rode pavia
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Aesculus pavia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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