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Aesculus glabra



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Aesculus glabra
Ohio buckeye

The large, 1-2" spiny capsules contain seeds that are toxic to humans because of the presence of non-metabolic amino acids. Animals can typically digest the large single shiny brown buckeyes that are produced in the capsules.

 
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