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Seed of the California Buckeye in its husk. Native American tribes, including the Pomo, Yokuts, and Luiseño, used the poisonous nuts and seeds to stupefy schools of fish in small streams to make them easier to catch. [4] The bark, leaves, and fruits contain the neurotoxic glycoside aesculin, which causes hemolysis of red blood cells.
In North America, several native American tribes, particularly in the western and central United States, such as Miwok, Pomo, Yokut, Maidu, historically used Buckeye trees (Aesculus spp.) like California Buckeye to harvest fish by utilizing the saponins, which had been extracted by the plant's seeds. These tribes used crushed Buckeye nuts to ...
Various plants have pollen toxic to honey bees, in some cases killing the adults, as in Toxicoscordion; in other cases weakening the brood, as in Heliconia. Other plants with toxic pollen include Spathodea campanulata and Ochroma lagopus. Both the pollen and nectar of the California Buckeye (Aesculus californica) are toxic to honeybees. [27]
Although many of the larger drought-tolerant plants are planted away from the street, some, such as bigberry manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca), are dwarfed by California buckeye (Aesculus ...
The red buckeye tree blooms on new wood. Pests and Problems. Red buckeye tree is an easy-to-care-for plant with few problems, although, like many garden plants, it is susceptible to aphids and ...
Aesculus glabra, commonly known as Ohio buckeye, [2] Texas buckeye, [3] fetid buckeye, [3] and horse chestnut [3] is a species of tree in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) native to North America. Its natural range is primarily in the Midwestern and lower Great Plains regions of the United States, extending southeast into the geological Black ...
The Ohio buckeye, Aesculus glabra, was adopted as the state tree in 1953. Ohio State University took Buckeyes as its mascot in 1950. Ohio State University took Buckeyes as its mascot in 1950. But ...
The fish poison plant Oduku (Cleistanthus collinus, family Phyllanthaceae) in fruit. In Africa, the closely related families of Caesalpiniaceae, Mimosaceae, and Papilionaceae, and a large number of Euphorbiaceae account for most fish poisons. [12] California buckeye (Aesculus californica) is a widespread tree in the California oak woodlands and ...