Red flower American horse chestnut - Red flower American horse chestnut

Japanese: アカバナアメリカトチノキ - あかばなあめりかとちのき
Red flower American horse chestnut - Red flower American horse chestnut

...The leaflets are slightly smaller than those of the horse chestnut, the underside is hairless, the edges are sharply serrated, and the protrusions on the fruit are thorn-like. The red-flowered horse chestnut, A. carnea Hayne, is a hybrid between the horse chestnut and A. pavia L. (English name: buckeye), a North American native with bright red flowers, and is sometimes planted as well. [Toshio Hamatani]
[Folklore, origin of the name]
The game of smashing horse chestnuts into each other's chestnuts by threading them on a string is popular in England and is called "conker."

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Red Horse Chestnut" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…トチノキよりも小葉がやや小さく,裏面は無毛で,縁に鋭い重鋸歯があり,果実の突起はとげ状になる。花が紅色のベニバナトチノキA.carnea Hayneは,マロニエと北アメリカ原産で花が鮮紅色のアカバナアメリカトチノキA.pavia L.(英名buckeye)との雑種であり,これもときに植えられる。【浜谷 稔夫】
[民俗,名の由来]
 マロニエの実を糸に通して互いにぶつけ合い,相手の実を割る遊びは,イギリスで〈トチの実遊びconker〉と呼ばれ親しまれている。…

※「アカバナアメリカトチノキ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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