Japanese backeye / Japanese horse chestnut
Aesculus turbinata Blume
[Hippocastanaceae]
APG: Sapindaceae
Tochinoki (トチノキ, 栃ノ木)
Lifeform: deciduous tree < 35 m high
Distribution: Japan (Kyushu - Hokkaido)
Habitat: moist slopes along streams on mountains and ravines
Seed dispersal: cache
Chromosomal number: 2n = 40
Varieties
f. pubescens (Rehder) Ohwi ex Yas. Endo (ウラゲトチノキ)
Aesculus L. in Japan
One species in Japan
A. turbinata Blume (トチノキ)
Plantation
A. chinensis Bunge (シナトチノキ)
A. hippocastanum L. (セイヨウトチノキ)
A. indica (Colebr. ex Camb.) Hook. (インドトチノキ)
A. pavia L. (アカバナアメリカトチノキ)
A. × carnea Heyne (ベニバナトチノキ)
Aesculus turbinata in Hokkaido
In Nakagawa Experimental Forest, Hokkaido University, on June 16 2011.
References
- Field training on integrated environmental research 統合環境調査法実習
fauna and flora 出現種リスト