Red Pavier

The red pavier is a small tree of the family of the Sapindacée S, originating in the south of the the United States, frequently cultivated like ornamental tree for its beautiful red flowers.

There are two varieties:

Aesculus pavia VAr. pavia : the typical red pavier,
Aesculus pavia VAr. flavescens : the pavier with yellow flowers.

Variety with yellow flowers, VAr. flavescens , is originating in Texas and the shape in the hybrids with flowers in intermediate color.

Scientific name: Aesculus pavia L. (Synonymous: Pavia will rubra Poir.). The name of “pavier” is the French transposition of the name of kind Pavia , forged by the Dutch botanist Hermann Boerhave which dedicated the species to Pieter Pauw, professor of botany to Leyde whose Latinized name was Pavius .

Description

The red pavier is a small tree, or a large shrub, from 5 to 8 meters in height, seldom reaching 10 meters; he pushes sometimes in the form of tufts with several stems.

The null and void sheets, are opposite and made up-webbed. The leaflets, in general five, are of elliptic form from 10 to 15 cm length finishing at a peak acute, on finely toothed board.

The flowers appear in April - May grouped in drawn up bunches from 15 to 20 cm length. These flowers, hermaphrodites, with tubular corolla of a carmine red, are very decorative.

The fruits which mature in September - October are ovoid capsules without prickles, containing only one large seed smooth chestnut. This seed is rich in Saponine S, toxic substances for the man, but too dangerous because easily not digested.

Distribution

This species is originating in the center and the south of the the United States: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, the Mississippi, North Carolina and of the Southern, Tennessee, Texas.

Use

It is a tree planted for the ornament of which there exist various varieties, in particular the form “Humilis” with slow growth.

The red pavier is hybrid in culture with the common chestnut tree ( A. hippocastanum ) to give the Marronnier to red flowers ( Aesculus X carnea Hayne). This hybrid is a tree of intermediate size from 20 to 25 meters in height, presenting intermediate characters in several connections between his/her two parents, but who inherited the red color the flowers of Aesculus pavia . It is a tree spread in the parks and the large gardens, often in the form of the Cultivar “Briotii”. Hybrids of the red pavier were formed also with the yellow Pavier ( Aesculus flava ) and are indicated under the name of Aesculus X hybrida .

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