| | California Buckeye
Aesculus californica Address: 39169 Fremont Blvd.
District: Irvington
Williams Historical Park
Origin: Local
Type: flowering
Leaf: deciduous
Comments:
Deciduous, native throughout valley and foothill areas of California. In April or May fragrant, creamy flower plumes make it a giant candelabrum. Plump green fruits ripen in fall into large shiny-brown nuts resembling the eye of a buck. The California indians used the fruit as a fish poison, mashing it to a pulp and throwing it into a pool; it had a stupefying effect on the fish so that they floated to the surface of the water.
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