Acer cappadocicum Gled.

Cappadocian maple (en), Érable de Cappadoce (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Acer

Characteristics

Trees to 20 m tall, andromonoecious. Bark brown or grayish brown. Branchlets reddish green, stout, glabrous and with light stripes (as in A. sect. Macrantha); winter buds subglobose, outside glabrous, margin slightly ciliate. Leaves deciduous; petiole 7-12 cm, slender, glabrous; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green, usually longer than broad, 4-12(-20) × 5-20 cm, papery, adaxially glabrous, primary veins 3-7, reticulate veins conspicuous abaxially, base rounded, 3-, 5-, or 7-lobed, occasionally with leaves small, entire; middle lobe triangular-ovate, apex acuminate; lateral lobes obtuse or triangular-ovate. Flowers yellowish green. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Disk amphistaminal, glabrous. Inflorescence corymbose, ca. 5 cm. Fruiting pedicel 2-2.5 cm. Nutlets oblong, compressed, ± flat, 1-1.5 cm × ca. 6 mm; samara wing including nutlet 2-5 cm × 5-9 mm, wings spreading variously. Fl. Apr, fr. Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality
Pollination anemogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 8.75
Mature height (meter) 17.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dry valleys. Mixed forests; at elevations from 1,500-3,000 metres.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal wood
Edible leaves saps
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, graftings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -22
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Acer cappadocicum leaf picture by Arch Stanton (cc-by-sa)
Acer cappadocicum leaf picture by Kaya Yücel (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Acer cappadocicum world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, China, Colombia, France, Georgia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, and Turkey

Conservation status

Acer cappadocicum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56622-1
WFO ID wfo-0000514067
COL ID 9474
BDTFX ID 74931
INPN ID 79735
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Acer laetum f. viride Acer cappadocicum f. glaucum Acer cappadocicum f. rubrocarpum Acer cappadocicum Acer laetum Acer cappadocicum f. barbinerve Acer colchicum Acer cappadocicum var. glabrescens Acer cappadocicum var. indicum Acer cappadocicum var. stenocarpum Acer lobelii subsp. laetum Acer lobelii var. colchicum Acer laetum var. colchicum Acer lobelii f. horticolum Acer laetum f. rubrum Acer laetum f. tricolor Acer cappadocicum subsp. cappadocicum

Lower taxons

Acer cappadocicum subsp. divergens Acer cappadocicum subsp. lobelii Acer cappadocicum subsp. sinicum