Acer caudatum Wall.

Tail-leaf maple (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Acer

Characteristics

Trees to 10 m tall, andromonoecious. Branchlets stout, with elliptic or oblong lenticels; winter buds ovoid, outer scales ovate. Leaves deciduous; petiole red, 5-9 cm, glabrous or pubescent; leaf blade abaxially light green, adaxially dark green, 8-12 cm wide, membranous, abaxially yellowish pilose, adaxially glabrous except pubescent on veins, base cordate or deeply cordate, 5-lobed, rarely 7-lobed; lobes ovate or triangular-ovate, margin doubly and sharply incised-serrate, with acuminate teeth, apex caudate or acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, red, compact, racemose-paniculate, villous; peduncles 8-10(-12) cm. Pedicel 5(-8) mm, slender, slightly pubescent. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3 mm. Petals 5, linear-oblong, ca. 7 mm, glabrous. Stamens 8, glabrous. Disk extrastaminal, lobed, glabrous. Ovary densely yellow tomentose; style 1-5 mm; stigmas spreading. Fruit yellowish brown; nutlets ovoid-subglobose, rarely flat, veined; wing including nutlet 2.5-2.8 cm × 7-9 mm, wings spreading acutely or erectly. Fl. May, fr. Sep. 2n = 26.
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A tree. It grows 5-15 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The small branches are brown and the leaf stalks are red. The leaves have 5 lobes. The flowers are white, green or red.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality andromonoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.2
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Generally found in open ravines on shady aspects; at elevations from 2,100-3,300 metres.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

The sap is sweet and is eaten. It is used to produce sugar.
Uses material 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°) -20
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Acer caudatum unspecified picture

Distribution

Acer caudatum world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Korea (Republic of), Myanmar, and Nepal

Conservation status

Acer caudatum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781257-1
WFO ID wfo-0000514102
COL ID 947B
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acer caudatum Acer caudatum subsp. georgei Acer papilio Acer caudatum var. caudatum

Lower taxons

Acer caudatum subsp. multiserratum Acer caudatum subsp. ukurundense