• Family : Hippocastanaceae
  (Horse-Chestnut Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : Aesculus Family
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
• Synonym(s) : Aesculus chuniana Hu & W.P.Fang; Aesculus khassyana C.R.Das & Majumdar; Aesculus lantsangensis Hu & W.P.Fang; Aesculus megaphylla Hu & W.P.Fang; Aesculus polyneura Hu & W.P.Fang; Aesculus punduana Wall. ex Hiern; Aesculus rupicola Hu & W.P.Fang; Aesculus wangii var. rupicola (Hu & W.P.Fang) W.P.Fang; Pavia khassyana Voigt; Pavia punduana Wall. ex Voigt; Pawia punduana Kuntze
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aesculus assamica Griff.
• Common name : East Himalayan Horse Chestnut
• Vernacular name : Ikuhia, Poma-bih, Raman-bih, Romon-bih, Sarlok-Asing (Assamese); Bol rimmu, Bol rimot (Garo); Sangkenrop, Ngraurau (Khasi)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Subtropical and terai forests, often by streams, 300 - 400 m. altitude
• Flower, Fruit : January-November
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Jalpaiguri district
  • Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
• Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : East Himalaya to China (West Guangxi)
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 97; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 75
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Aesculus assamica. Downloaded on 1 June 2023.

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