Red Buckeye

Aesculus pavia

Hippocastanaceae (Horsechestnut Family)

▲ ▼ young tree on campus

▲ ▼ flowres

▲ ▼ leaves

Location on campus: east side of Karls Hall

Aesculus pavia: Red Buckeye

leaves opposite, deciduous, palmately compound with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets obovate or narrow elliptic, 3-6" long and 1/2 as wide with serrate margins; dark green and glossy above, glabrous to slightly pubescent beneath; often one of the first trees to leaf out in spring
stems stout, tan to brown with raised light brown lenticels
bark is brown, slightly furrowed to scaly on older trunks
grows 10-20' tall and wide, in irregular to rounded growth habit; may be more shrub-like than tree-like in some conditions
flowers are red in terminal racemes appearing in mid spring, after leaf emergence-- very showy
fruit is a tan-brown leathery capsule with a large shiny brown nut inside
prefers partial shade to full sun and moist, well-drained soil
slow to medium growth rate
native to Missouri