Platanus orientalis L.

Oriental plane-tree (en), Platane d'orient (fr), Platane d'Orient (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Platanaceae > Platanus

Characteristics

Trees deciduous, to 30 m tall. Young branchlets yellow-brown tomentose, old ones glabrous, becoming red-brown after drying, small lenticellate. Stipules less than 1 cm; petiole terete, 3–8 cm, tomentose; leaf blade broadly ovate, 9–18 × 8–16 cm, deeply (3 or)5-or 7-lobed, both surfaces gray-yellow pubescent at first, glabrate and then pubescent only along veins abaxially, principal veins 3 or 5, arising from base, base shallowly cordate or subtruncate; central lobe 7–9 × 4–6 cm, margin lobed; lateral lobes shorter, margin coarsely dentate. Flowers 4-merous. Male flowers: sepals short, small; stamens much longer than petals; filaments very short; anthers elongate. Female flowers: sepals pubescent; petals oblanceolate; carpels 4; styles elongate, apex crispate. Fruiting branchlets with (2 or)3–5 infructescences. Infructescence capitate, 2–2.5 cm in diam. Achenes with persistent style spiniform, 3–4 mm; basal hairs yellow; both styles and hairs exserted from infructescence. Fl. Mar–May, fr. Jun–Oct.
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A tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 16.0
Mature height (meter) 30.0
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

It is a temperate plant. Arboretum Tasmania.
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By rivers in forests in the hills.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

An infusion from the root is used to make a stimulating drink. The leaves are dried and powdered and eaten with rice as a spice.
Uses afforestation dye environmental use material medicinal ornamental spice timber wood
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Antirheumatic agents (bark), Diarrhea (bark), Dysentery (bark), Hernia (bark), Scurvy (bark), Toothache (bark), Astringents (leaf), Endophthalmitis (leaf), Anti-infective agents (stem), Anti-infective agents, local (stem), Urologic diseases (stem), Cancer (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Ophthalmia (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Anti-infective agents (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, seedlings or suckers.
Mode cuttings seedlings suckers
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 3
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 12 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Platanus orientalis leaf picture by andrea sonaglia (cc-by-sa)
Platanus orientalis leaf picture by Daniel Szczepański (cc-by-sa)
Platanus orientalis leaf picture by G. Akgül (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Platanus orientalis flower picture by kalabeli oguz (cc-by-sa)
Platanus orientalis flower picture by ipek arslan (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Platanus orientalis fruit picture by JÜRGEN Sterk (cc-by-sa)
Platanus orientalis fruit picture by G. Akgül (cc-by-sa)
Platanus orientalis fruit picture by Giovanni Marconi (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Platanus orientalis world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Cyprus, Algeria, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, North Macedonia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Pakistan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Taiwan, Province of China, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685873-1
WFO ID wfo-0000487086
COL ID 4JN3Q
BDTFX ID 50152
INPN ID 114028
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Platanus digitata Platanus nana Platanus algeriensis Platanus cretica Platanus nepalensis Platanus umbrosa Platanus pyramidalis Platanus orientalis Platanus vitifolia Platanus undulata Platanus reuteri Platanus insularis Platanus elongata Platanus laciniata Platanus macrophylla Platanus umbraculifera Platanus palmata Platanus digitifolia Platanus orientalior Platanus orientalis var. nepalensis Platanus orientalis f. digitata Platanus orientalis var. elongata Platanus orientalis var. undulata