Aesculus assamica

Aesculus assamica
Inflorescence and palmate leaves, Bhutan
Close-up of individual flower, Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Aesculus
Species:
A. assamica
Binomial name
Aesculus assamica
Synonyms
List
    • Aesculus chuniana Hu & W.P.Fang
    • Aesculus khassyana C.R.Das & Majumdar
    • Aesculus lantsangensis Hu & W.P.Fang
    • Aesculus megaphylla Hu & W.P.Fang
    • Aesculus polyneura Hu & W.P.Fang
    • Aesculus polyneura var. dongchuanensis X.W.Li & W.Y.Yi
    • Aesculus punduana Wall. ex Hiern
    • Aesculus rupicola Hu & W.P.Fang
    • Aesculus tsiangii Hu & W.P.Fang
    • Aesculus wangii Hu
    • Aesculus wangii var. rupicola (Hu & W.P.Fang) W.P.Fang
    • Pavia khassyana Voigt
    • Pavia punduana Wall. ex Voigt
    • Pawia punduana Kuntze

Aesculus assamica (syn. Aesculus wangii), the Assam horse-chestnut, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus Aesculus in the family Sapindaceae. It is native to warm temperate to subtropical areas of the eastern Himalayas from Sikkim through Bhutan and Assam to Arunachal Pradesh, and southwestern and southern China (including the far southeast of Tibet), Bangladesh, and mainland southeast Asia, except Cambodia and Peninsular Malaysia.