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Horse  Chestnut

 
         
                             
   
       
 
                 

Tree shape to look for.

        
         
Leaves have 7 or sometimes 5 broad, stalkless leaflets.
                       
 
             
   
Flowers are white and form clusters up to 30cm tall, sometimes called candles.
  
               
         
   
                       
     
Fruit have hard spiny coats and can be up to 6cm across. They split in October to release shiny brown conkers.
      
 
     
 
Horse Chestnut   or
Aesculus Hippocastanum
  1. Native to Northern Greece and Albania
  2. Found Europe, including Britain
  3. Grown in towns and parks.
  4. May grow to more than30 metres tall.
  5. Flowers are white and form clusters up to 30cm tall, sometimes called candles.
  6. Fruit have hard spiny coats and can be up to 6cm across. They split in October to release shiny brown conkers.
  7. Leaves have 7 or sometimes 5 broad, stalkless leaflets.
 
 
 
                 
   
 Horse Chestnut bark
     

Horse Chestnut challenge

What do children sometimes do with conkers?

Where did Horse Chestnut trees originate?
Can you find the places on a map?
 
                   
                             
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