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Leaves are opposite, deciduous and palmately compound with 5-7 obovate leaflets.  Stout light brown twigs show prominent terminal buds and shield shaped leaf scars.  Bark is gray-brown and smooth on small trees and becomes scaly and plated, sometimes with "bull's-eye" grooves in the bark, on large trees.  Flowers are pale yellow.  Fruit is a smooth capsule enclosing two poisonous nuts.  Yellow buckeye is a large tree found in rich mesic woods in northern Alabama. The soft wood is used for pulpwood and boxes.

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