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ForestHarvest: non-timber forest products in Scotland

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Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)

Also known as conker

Family: Hippocastanaceae

 

Wild Harvests research - uses in Scotland today

Conkers: used in the game of conkers - personal use
Photo - shiny conkers, some with the husks still half on

Image provided by William Milliken/RBGE
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