The tree species Aesculus glabra is commonly known as Ohio
buckeye, American buckeye, or fetid buckeye. It is native
primarily to the Midwestern and lower Great Plains regions of
the United States, extending southeast into the Nashville Basin.
It is also found locally in the extreme southwest of Ontario, on
Walpole Island in Lake St. Clair, and in isolated populations in
the South. It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 15 to
25 metres (49 to 82 ft) tall. The leaves are palmately compound
with five (rarely seven) leaflets, 8–16 cm (3.1–6.3 in) long and
broad. The flowers are produced in panicles in spring, yellow to
yellow-green, each flower 2–3 cm (0.79–1.2 in) long with the
stamens longer than the petals (unlike the related Yellow
Buckeye, where the stamens are shorter than the petals). The
fruit is a round or oblong spiny capsule 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in)
diameter, containing 1 to 3 nut-like seeds, 2–3 cm (0.79–1.2 in)
in diameter, brown with a whitish basal scar. Symbolism and uses
The Ohio buckeye is