Expoplant - Acquista online: Aesculus hippocastanum -

From the seeds you get a flour that can be used in 'animal industry (excesses in this last use may be due to food toxicosis).
From the plant are obtained medicated principles used to have problems of circulatory system.
This tree does not tolerate drought, salinity of the soil and air pollutants to which reacts with a "burning" or reddening of leaf margins and desiccation of the foil.
In recent years it has become a challenging tree from the perspective of maintenance and management. In fact, a recent foliar pest introduction (Cameraria ohridiella) and changed climatic conditions of our distribution areas, producing showy dieback of vegetation, with the leaves and showy summer leaf drop necrosis, which have adverse aesthetic effects and serious physiological damage to the plants affected. In addition, it is one of the most sensitive plants to "burning not parasitic" due to stagnation at the level of the crown, a continuous intense heat hood with saturation of atmospheric humidity, typical of some lowland areas of the continental areas.