Acer sterculiaceum

Acer sterculiaceum
Acer sterculiaceum subsp. franchetii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Species: A. sterculiaceum
Binomial name
Acer sterculiaceum
Wall. 1830 not K. Koch 1869
Synonyms[1]

Acer sterculiaceum (Franchet’s maple, Himalayan maple, 苹婆枫) is a species of maple tree in the sandalwood family. It is indigenous to Bhutan, northern India, and southwestern and central China (Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan).[2]

Acer sterculiaceum grows at altitudes of 1,800–3,100 metres (5,900–10,200 ft). It is a tree up to 20 meters tall with dark gray or grayish-brown bark. Leaves are palmately lobed, usually with 3 or 5 lobes but occasionally 7. Leaves are up to 20 cm long, thick and a bit leathery, dark green and hairless on the top, lighter green and woolly on the underside.[2][3]

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