Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aesculus hippocastanum L. [Sapindaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abu farwat el hhussan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
aesculus	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
aesculus hippocastanum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
aesculus hippocastanum, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
atkestanesi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
baloot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
buckeye	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
castagna amare	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
castagna cavallina	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
castagna di cavalle	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
castagno d'india	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
castan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
castandas da india	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
castanha da índia	Other	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
castanha-da-índia	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
castanheiro da india	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 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)
castano de india	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
castano de indias	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
castaño de indias	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
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)
castogno d'india	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chata	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
chataigne de cheval	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chestnut	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
châtaignier de cheval	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
châtaignier de mer	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
common horse chestnut	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
conker	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
conqueror tree	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
custul	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eschilo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
gemeine kastanie	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gemeine rosskastanie	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gewöhnliche rosskastanie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
hobukastanikoor	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
horse chesnuts	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
horse chestnut	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
horse chestnut bark	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
horse chestnut extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
horse chestnut seed	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, sem. (2008)
horse chestnut tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
horse chestnuts	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
horse-chestnut	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
hästkastanj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hästkastanj, bark	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
ippocastano	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
ippocastano corteccia	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
ipposcastano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
karu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kaštan	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
kaštan konskij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
marronnier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marronnier d'inde	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
marronnier d'inde (écorce de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
naru	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ou zhou qi ye shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paarde kastanje	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
paardekastanje	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
paardenkastanje	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
pferdekastanie	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
powdered horse chestnut extract	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
pu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
qastanah baria	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
rosskastanie	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
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 Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
seiyo-toti-no-ki	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
seiyoutochinoki	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
semen castaneae equinae	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
semen hippocastani	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
shahbalout-e hendi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
weisse rosskastanie	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
wilde kastanje	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
wilde kest	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 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)
кaштaн	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
каштан кінський	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
‫الخيل‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds, stem bark		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
cortex		EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011)
semen		EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, sem. (2008)
Semillas	Semillas maduras desecadas	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
seed	dried seeds	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Seed		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Flower, Bark, Fruit, Seed, Leaf	Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
flowers, fruits, pericarp		Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
seed, fruit, flower, leaf, bark		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
seeds		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
sementes		Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
seed	dried ripe seed	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
seed, leaf, bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	dried seed	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
wood		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
flower		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
fruit	dried fruits	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
seed	dried seeds	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
seed	dried seeds	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
semillas	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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Aesculus hippocastanum L	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Aesculus hippocastanum L.	EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, cort. (2011) EMA Com. Monog.: Aesculus hippocastanum, sem. (2008) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Aesculus hippocastanum Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Aesculus hippocastanum Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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