Acer oblongum explained

Acer oblongum, common name Himalayan maple, evergreen maple and Kashmir maple,[1] is an evergreen Asian species of maple in the family Sapindaceae.

Description

Acer oblongum is a medium-sized evergreen to semi-deciduous tree reaching a height of approximately 15-. Unique among maples, this plant stays green all winter. The trunks are buttressed, with a smooth to wrinkled bark. Leaves are opposite, ovate-lanceolate with entire margin, with a petiole 5–12 cm long, with glaucous-green underside and dark green upperside. The young shoots are reddish bronze and finely hairy. The flowers are hermaphroditic, small and inconspicuous, about 4 mm, greenish white, gathered in hairy racemes. The fruits are represented by the typical two-winged samaras, about 2.5 cm long, wind dispersed. It has been introduced for its wood and it is sometimes cultivated in large gardens for its evergreen foliage.[2]

Distribution

Acer oblongum is widespread across central, eastern, and southeastern Asia, from Tibet and northern India east as far as Japan, including southern China, and northern Indochina.[3]

Habitat

Acer oblongum prefers humid climate of the Himalayan forests, especially along streams, at an elevation of about 600- above sea level.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Himalayan maple . Flowers of India . 31 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120228014033/http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Himalayan%20Maple.html . 28 February 2012.
  2. Philips, Roger (1979). Trees of North America and Europe. New York: Random House, Inc. .
  3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200013053 Flora of China, Acer oblongum Wallich ex Candolle, 1824. 飞蛾树 fei e shu
  4. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Edinburgh and Glasgow 8:329. 1915