index KINDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) phylum ANGIOSPERMAE (FLOWERS) CLASS DICOTS CLASS ROSIDAE SUPERORDER MALVANAE ORDER SAPINDA FAMILY SAPINDACEAE Genus Aesculus
Species: californica

California Buckeye


HGRNDEATH.gif, 94 kB Aesculin toxin - stops cell division.
Cromasomes can not devide.
One nut can kill. But can be boiled and leached ok.
Also neurotoxic glycoside aesculin destroys red blood cells.

Local people used to harvest fish.

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Aesculus Californica
Buckeye
BBALLBLU Deciduous tree
Native: California only, but originaly came from Mediterranean.


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