Name: Horse chestnut
Scientific name: Aesculus hippocastanum
Irish name: Crann cnó capaill
Provenance: Introduced
Family: Hippocastanaceae
Leaf/Needle: Deciduous leaf/Compound leaf
Height: 20 meters
Size: Large
Flowering: May
Pollination: Insects
Seed Dispersal: Mammal
Value to wildlife: Medium
Timber use: Carving
Mythology: Not very much, introduced species.