Aesculus chinensis

Aesculus chinensis

Aesculus chinensis leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Subfamily:	Hippocastanoideae
Genus:	Aesculus Bunge, Enum. Pl. China Bor. 10. 1833
Species:	A. chinensis
Binomial name
Aesculus chinensis
Subspecies
Aesculus chinensis var. chinensis Aesculus chinensis var. wilsonii

Aesculus chinensis, the Chinese horse chestnut (Chinese:七叶树 qi ye shu), is a tree species in the genus Aesculus found in eastern Asia.

The seed contains triterpenoid saponins and flavonoids, such as aescuflavoside and aescuflavoside A, which are glycosides of quercetin.