Aesculus glabra - wikipedia Aesculus glabra Ohio buckeye Scientific classification Kingdom : Plantae Clade : Angiosperms Clade : Eudicots Clade : Rosids Order : Sapindales Family : Sapindaceae Genus : Aesculus Species : A. glabra Binomial name Aesculus glabra Willd. Natural range Foliage and fruit The tree species Aesculus glabra is commonly known as Ohio buckeye, American buckeye, or fetid buckeye. A. glabra is one of 13 -- 19 species of Aesculus also called horse chestnuts. It is native primarily to the Midwestern and lower Great Plains regions of the United States, extending southeast into the Nashville Basin. It is also found locally in the extreme southwest of Ontario, on Walpole Island in Lake St. Clair, and in isolated but large populations in the South ( Adams County, Mississippi ). It is a medium - sized deciduous tree growing to 15 to 25 metres ( 49 to 82 ft ) tall. The leaves are palmately compound with five ( rarely seven ) leaflets, 8 -- 16 cm ( 3.1 -- 6.3 in ) long and broad. The flowers are produced in panicles in spring, yellow to yellow - green, each flower 2 -- 3 cm ( 0.79 -- 1.18 in ) long with the stamens longer than the petals ( unlike the related yellow buckeye, where the stamens are shorter than the petals ). The fruit is a round or oblong spiny capsule 4 -- 5 cm ( 1.6 -- 2.0 in ) diameter, containing 1 to 3 nut - like seeds, 2 -- 3 cm ( 0.79 -- 1.18 in ) in diameter, brown with a whitish basal scar. The foliage and fruits contain tannic acid and are poisonous to cattle and humans. Contents 1 Symbolism and uses 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External links Symbolism and uses Dried Buckeye Nuts Closeup of trunk The Ohio buckeye is the state tree of Ohio, and its name is an original term of endearment for the pioneers on the Ohio frontier, with specific association with William Henry Harrison. Capt. Daniel Davis of the Ohio Company of Associates, under Gen. Rufus Putnam, traversed the wilderness in the spring of 1788, and began the settlement of Ohio. Davis was said to be the second man ashore at Point Harmar, on April 7, 1788. He declared later that he cut the first tree felled by a settler west of the Ohio River, a `` buckeye '' tree. Additionally, Colonel Ebenezer Sproat, another founder of that same pioneer city of Marietta, had a tall and commanding presence ; he greatly impressed the local Indians, who in admiration dubbed him `` Hetuck '', meaning eye of the buck deer, or Big Buckeye. Subsequently, `` buckeye '' came to be used as the nickname and colloquial name for people from the state of Ohio and The Ohio State University 's sports teams. Ohio State adopted `` Buckeyes '' officially as its nickname in 1950, and it came to be applied to any student or graduate of the university. Native Americans would blanch buckeye nuts, extracting the tannic acid for use in making leather. The nuts can also be dried, turning dark as they harden with exposure to the air, and strung into necklaces similar to those made from the kukui nut in Hawaii. Buckeye candy, made to resemble the tree 's nut, is made by dipping a ball of peanut butter fudge in milk chocolate, leaving a circle of the peanut butter exposed. These are a popular treat in Ohio, especially during the Christmas and college football seasons. References ^ Jump up to : `` Aesculus glabra Range Map '' ( PDF ). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System : Notes on poisoning : Aesculus glabra ''. Digir.agr.gc.ca. 2009 - 09 - 01. Archived from the original on 2012 - 02 - 20. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 12. Jump up ^ at ENCYCLOPEAEDIA BRITANICA Jump up ^ Davis, George L. ( 1884 ) Samual Davis of Oxford MA and Joseph Davis of Dudley MA and their Descendants Press of Charles Hamilton, Worcestor, MA Jump up ^ Hildreth, S.P. ( 1852 ) Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio, H.W. Derby and Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, p. 237. Jump up ^ Ohio Division of Forestry, Ohio... The Buckeye State, Ohio Department of Natural Resources brochure ( rev 11 / 1998 ). Jump up ^ `` Archived copy '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2008 - 04 - 28. Retrieved 2008 - 04 - 28. Jump up ^ Walsh, Christopher ( 2009 ). Ohio State Football Football Huddleup, Triumph Books ( Random House, Inc. ), ISBN 978 - 1 - 60078 - 186 - 5, p. 120. Further reading Darbyshire, S.J., & Oldham, M.J. ( 1985 ). `` Ohio buckeye, Aesculus glabra, on Walpole Island, Lambton County, Ontario ''. Canad. Field - Nat. 99 : 370 -- 372. Farrar, J.R. ( 1995 ). `` Ohio Buckeye ''. Trees in Canada. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. ( Markham, Ontario ) and the Canadian Forest Service ( Ottawa ). p. 157. 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National Register of Big Trees Aesculus glabra images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra Diagnostic photographs and documentation Winter ID pictures Interactive Distribution Map of Aesculus glabra Taxon identifiers Wd : Q1813339 EoL : 582241 EPPO : AECGL GBIF : 3189806 GRIN : 1626 iNaturalist : 67790 IPNI : 30124420 - 2 ITIS : 28718 NCBI : 322042 PalDat : Aesculus_glabra Plant List : kew - 2624506 PLANTS : AEGL POWO : urn : lsid : ipni.org : names : 30124420 - 2 Tropicos : 15500003 VASCAN : 9218 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aesculus_glabra&oldid=843267640 '' Categories : Aesculus Plants used in Native American cuisine Symbols of Ohio Trees of Ontario Trees of the Great Lakes region ( North America ) Trees of the North - Central United States Trees of the Northeastern United States Trees of the Plains - Midwest ( United States ) Trees of the South - Central United States Trees of the Southeastern United States Trees of the Southern United States Trees of the United States Hidden categories : Articles with ' species ' microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikispecies Asturianu Azərbaycanca Cebuano Čeština Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska Українська Tiếng Việt Winaray 7 more Edit links This page was last edited on 28 May 2018, at 00 : 52. 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Question: what kind of tree do buckeyes grow on
Answer: Aesculus glabra