horse chestnut tree

Distinctive features

1. The horse chestnut tree is famous for it's conkers.

2. The leaf resembles a giant hand with the fingers spread.

3.The flowers look like candles on a giant candelabra.

To remember the distinctive and main features of a horse chestnut tree, use the following mnemonic:

Imagine seeing a horse with a big chest but the head is a nut, a giant conker, it's ears are candles (the flowers look like candles) and a giant's hand (the leaves look like a giant hand) motions stop. The giant says, "You're not coming in like that."

Imagine seeing a horse body on top of it's big chest is not a head but a giant conker. For it's ears are candles (the flowers look like candles) and a giant's hand (the leaves look like a giant hand) motions stop. The giant says "you're not coming in like

Main Features of a Horse Chestnut Tree.

1. The conkers on a horse chestnut tree are famous for kids using them to play a game. The game is played by two players, each with a conker, skewered and then threaded onto a piece of string. Each child then takes turns to strike each others conker.

1. The conkers on a horse chestnut tree are famous for kids using them to play a game.

The case of the conker is spikey and green and contains usually one conker. The conker is a nut and is the seed of the horse chestnut tree.

2. The leaf of a horse chestnut is easily recognisable. It has five to seven finger shaped leaves, like a giants great hand. The leaves all radiate from a single point.

3. The flowers are called candles. The flowers resemble candles on a giant candelabra. There can be hundreds of these flowers. The flowers are usually white, upright and tapering cone shaped blooms.

3. The flowers are called candles. The flowers resemble candle on a giant candelabra. There can be hundreds of these flowers. The flowers are usually white, upright and tapering cone shaped blooms.

4. The horse chestnut tree.