Acer caesium, the Himalayan maple,[1] is an Asian species of maple found in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and China (Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan).
Acer caesium is a tree up to 25abbr=onNaNabbr=on tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, with 5 shallow lobes, the blade up to 10abbr=onNaNabbr=on long, with teeth along the edges.
Acer caesium subspecies giraldii grows to approximately 10abbr=onNaNabbr=on tall, and is found in north-western China. The flowers are a bluish white and born on young shoots in the spring.[2] The subspecies epithet is a patronym honoring Italian missionary Giraldi.[2]