Here is a handsome tree that does not grow in Pune but some of its cousins do grow in northern parts of India.
Without much ado, meet the Horse Chestnut that I saw growing along avenues in Paris. They were massive trees with digitate leaves and were in bloom in May when we visited.
I could not identify to the last detail but suffice that they belong to the Aesculus genus.
Here they are
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This is part of Parul’s ThursdayTreeLove blog hop.