Horse chestnut

Aesculus hippocastanum

Street-tree ‘chestnuts’ with palmate leaves. Seeds are not food. Included so they are not cooked like Castanea.

GROW → HARVEST → EAT → DRY → POWDER → CAPSULE → GUMMY — forms are not equivalent. Food first.

Identity

NameHorse chestnut

Scientific nameAesculus hippocastanum

FamilySapindaceae

Typeidentification / safety

Climate / zones3–8 ornamental

LightFull sun

What it is

Street-tree ‘chestnuts’ with palmate leaves. Seeds are not food. Included so they are not cooked like Castanea.

Identification

Palmate 5–7 leaflets; smooth conker; candle flowers.

Edible portions

Safety Not treated as food on this site.

Growing

Climate. 3–8 ornamental
Light. Full sun
Soil. Average
Planting. Ornamental. Not a nut crop.
Harvest. Do not harvest for food.

Safety

Not edible. Conkers are toxic. Culinary chestnuts have sharp burrs and different leaves (Castanea).

Next steps

Grow it How we treat evidence Food vs supplement

Sources

USDA PLANTS Database — taxonomy and range (verify current entries)
No USDA FoodData Central nutrient profile is attached here. That is not a claim that the plant contains no nutrients.
State cooperative extension growing guides — verify for your region

Honest incompleteness is preferred to fabricated completeness. If a section is missing, no record for it is attached here — not a claim that the plant lacks that characteristic, and not that it was omitted as a secret.

Internal quality class B. Good foundation: enough unique information to exist as its own destination.