Acer griseum (Franch.) Pax

Paperbark maple (en), Érable cannelle (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Acer

Characteristics

Trees to 20 m tall, androdioecious, sometimes andromonoecious. Bark orange-brown or red-brown, fissured. Branchlets cylindric, those of present year purplish, densely pubescent, older ones dark purple or dark brown, hairs persistent on branchlets for 2 or 3 years; buds dark and small. Leaves deciduous; petiole 2-4 cm, densely pilose; leaf blade papery, abaxially glaucous, pubescent, densely so on veins, adaxially dark green, pubescent when young, glabrescent, with 3 leaflets per petiole; petiolule 5-8 cm, pubescent; leaflet blades elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 3-8 × 2-5 cm, apex acute; middle leaflets cuneate apically, coarsely toothed, with 2 or 3 large ± blunt teeth. Inflorescence cymose, small, pilose, usually 3-flowered. Pedicel 2-3 cm, densely pilose. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 10, glabrous. Disk glabrous, extrastaminal. Fruit yellowish brown; nutlets globose, 8-10 × 6-8 mm, densely pubescent; wing including nutlet 3.2-3.8 × ca. 1.4 cm, wings spreading at 90° or nearly erectly. Fl. Apr, fr. Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 12.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 5-9
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by graftings or seedlings. Seeds needs scarification and soaking.
Mode graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 11 - 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment scarification soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

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Distribution

Acer griseum world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Acer griseum threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56668-1
WFO ID wfo-0000514296
COL ID 64FH6
BDTFX ID 120966
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Acer griseum Acer pedunculatum Crula grisea Acer nikoense var. griseum