And unlike the pawpaw fruit, the buckeye nut is NOT edible. A close-up of a buckeye tree with its pods. This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: It's almost Earth Day!

And no, don’t eat them if you come across them. Like the native buckeye tree nuts, they’re not edible for humans.

Buckeye Facts First of all, all parts of the tree are poisonous. Some sources say that the buckeye nuts can be leached to remove the tannin, but, hmm. Maybe not.

We'll admit it: The reason we've held off planting our own pecan tree (Carya illinoinensis) is only because we'd do nothing but make pecan pies. Pecan trees are amazing, and we'll happily live ...

Spiked buckeye nut coverings were beginning to form May 29, 2008, on a massive buckeye tree, the state's largest, in Greenwich Township in Huron County. (John Kuntz / The Plain Dealer) The Plain ...

If you thought it silly that the school went with a harmless thing for its identity, think again. The USDA has said that every part of a buckeye tree, from the leaves to the bark and the nut, is ...

Ohio was forever after associated with buckeyes. It wasn't until 1953 that Ohio adopted the buckeye tree as the state tree. Ohio State University took Buckeyes as its mascot in 1950.

Ohio has birthed the airplane, the lightbulb, the automobile, rock and roll, and eight U.S. presidents. But at the end of the ...

The recalled 1.25-ounce packages of the candy “may contain undeclared tree nuts (cashews),” an announcement from the Pennsylvania-based company published Friday by the FDA said.

Chesnut (edible) Fruit (burr) divides into two or four parts VERY prickly burr that encloses one to three nuts (you will need a leather glove to handle burr) Long, narrow leaves with teeth at the ...