WorldFloraDB - Acer circinatum

Characteristics

A small tree. It grows 4.5-10 m high and 4.5 m wide. The stem is erect and slender. The branches spread widely. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are rounded and have 7-9 lobes. They turn orange or red in autumn. The flowers are purple. The fruit are red and winged.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

monoecy

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

4.0 - 8.0

Mature height (meter)

5.0 - 6.1

Root system

tap-root

Rooting depth (meter)

0.6

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is a hardy plant suited to full sun. It needs well drained soil. It cannot tolerate drought. It suits hardiness zones 4-8. Arboretum Tasmania.

More

Forests, along banks of streams and in rich alluvial soils of bottomlands up to 1200 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The sap is made into sugar or maple syrup.

Uses	charcoal environmental use fiber material medicinal oil wood
Edible	saps
Therapeutic use	Love Medicine (unspecified), Antidiarrheal (unspecified), Misc. Disease Remedy (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from fresh seed.

Mode	cuttings graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 21
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-29
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-