Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aesculus hippocastanum L. [Sapindaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abu farwat el hhussan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
aesculus	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
aesculus hippocastanum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
aesculus hippocastanum, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
baloot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buckeye	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
castagna amare	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
castagna cavallina	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
castagna di cavalle	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
castagno d'india	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
castan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
castandas da india	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
castanha-da-índia	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
castanheiro da india	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
castanheiro da índia	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
castanheiro-da-índia, casca	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
castaño de indias	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
castaño de indias, corteza de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
castaño de indias, semilla	Other	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
chata	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
chestnut	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
châtaignier de cheval	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
châtaignier de mer	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
common horse chestnut	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
conker	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
conqueror tree	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
custul	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
gemeine kastanie	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
gemeine rosskastanie	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
gewöhnliche rosskastanie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hestekastanjebark	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
hevoskastanja, kuori	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
hippocastani cortex	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
hippocastani flos	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
hippocastani folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hippocastani semen	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, sem. (2008) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
hobukastanikoor	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
horse chestnut	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
horse chestnut bark	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
horse chestnut seed	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, sem. (2008)
horse-chestnut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
horsechesnut	Other	The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
hästkastanj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hästkastanj, bark	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
ippocastano	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
ippocastano corteccia	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
ipposcastano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
karu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
kaštan konskij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kora kasztanowca	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
kůra kaštanu koňského	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
list pagaštanu	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
marronier d’inde	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
marronnier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Secrets des Plantes Mèd. (Reader's Digest, 1977)
marronnier d'inde	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
marronnier d'inde (écorce de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
naru	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
ou zhou qi ye shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
paardekastanje	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
paardenkastanje	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
pferdekastanie	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
powdered horse chestnut extract	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
qastanah baria	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
rosskastanie	Other	Kleines Heilkräuter-Lexikon (Schilcher, 2008) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
rosskastanienrinde	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
roßkastanie	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
roßkastanienblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
roßkastanienblüten	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
roßkastanienrinde	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
roßkastaniensamen	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
scoarţă de castan	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
seiyo-tochinoki	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
seiyoutochinoki	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
semen castaneae equinae	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
semen hippocastani	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
shahbalout-e hendi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
skorja navadnega divjega kostanja	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
vadgesztenyekéreg	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
vadgesztenyemag	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
weisse rosskastanie	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
wilde kastanje	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
wilde kest	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
zirgkastaņa miza	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
φλοιός ιπποκαστανέας	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
див кестен, кора	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
каштан кінський	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds, stem bark		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
cortex		EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
semen		EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, sem. (2008)
Semillas maduras	Semillas maduras desecadas	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
seed	dried seeds; harvested in the fall	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Seed		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Flower, Bark, Fruit, Seed, Leaf	Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
seed	dried ripe seed	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
seed, leaf, bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	dried seed	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
wood	vegetal drug, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
flower		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
fruit	dried fruits	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
seed	dried seeds; harvested in the fall	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
seed	dried seeds	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
semillas secas		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aesculus asplenifolia Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 12 (1842).
Aesculus castanea Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 197 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Aesculus hippocastanum var. albovariegatum Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 2 (1770).
Aesculus hippocastanum f. albovariegatum (Weston) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 430 (1949).
Aesculus hippocastanum var. argenteovariegata Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 124 (1842).
Aesculus hippocastanum var. aureovariegata Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 124 (1842).
Aesculus hippocastanum f. baumannii C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 247 (1909).
Aesculus hippocastanum var. beaumanii C.K.Schneid. in unknown publication.
Aesculus hippocastanum f. beaumanii (C.K.Schneid.) Dole Fl. Vermont 3: 185 (1937).
Aesculus hippocastanum var. flore-pleno Loudon Miller's Dict. Gard.: 85 (1834), contrary to Art. 23.6. (ICN, 2012).
Aesculus hippocastanum var. incisa Booth ex Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 124 (1842).
Aesculus hippocastanum f. laciniata (Leroy ex Jacques) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 321 (1903).
Aesculus hippocastanum var. laciniata Leroy ex Jacques Hort. Universel 5: 288 (1844).
Aesculus hippocastanum f. luteovariegatum (Weston) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 430 (1949).
Aesculus hippocastanum var. luteovariegatum Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 2 (1770).
Aesculus hippocastanum f. memmingeri (K.Koch) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 321 (1903).
Aesculus hippocastanum var. pendula Puvill. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 93: 281 (1921).
Aesculus hippocastanum f. pendula (Puvill.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 430 (1949).
Aesculus hippocastanum f. pyramidalis (A.Henry) Simon-Louis ex C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 247 (1909).
Aesculus hippocastanum var. pyramidalis A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 2: 212 (1907).
Aesculus hippocastanum f. umbraculifera (H.Jaeger) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 321 (1903).
Aesculus hippocastanum var. umbraculifera H.Jaeger in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 16 (1884).
Aesculus hippocastanum var. variegata G.Sinclair Miller's Dict. Gard.: 85 (1834).
Aesculus memmingeri K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 506 (1869).
Aesculus procera Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 280 (1796).
Aesculus septenata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med.: 337 (1812).
Hippocastanum aesculus Cav. Descr. Pl.: 458 (1802).
Hippocastanum vulgare Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 135 (1790).
Pawia hippocastanum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 146 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aesculus hippocastamum L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Aesculus hippocastanum	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Aesculus hippocastanum L	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Aesculus hippocastanum L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011) EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, sem. (2008) Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kleines Heilkräuter-Lexikon (Schilcher, 2008) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Secrets des Plantes Mèd. (Reader's Digest, 1977) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Aesculus hippocastanum Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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