Sycamore Explained

Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the Ancient Greek Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: σῡκόμορος meaning .

Species of otherwise unrelated trees known as sycamore:

• Acer pseudoplatanus, a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia
• Ficus sycomorus, the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible; a species of fig, also called the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa
• Platanus orientalis, chinar tree (Old World sycamore)
• Some North American members of the genus Platanus, including
  • Platanus occidentalis, the American sycamore
  • Platanus racemosa, the California sycamore or western sycamore
  • Platanus wrightii, the Arizona sycamore
  • Platanus mexicana, the Mexican sycamore
• In Australia, there are numerous trees which have the common name "sycamore":
  • Litsea reticulata or Cryptocarya glaucescens (silver sycamore)
  • Polyscias elegans (white sycamore)
  • Cryptocarya obovata (white sycamore)
  • Ceratopetalum succirubrum (satin sycamore)
  • Cardwellia sublimia
  • Cryptocarya hypospodia (bastard sycamore)
  • Ceratopetalum virchowii (pink sycamore)
  • Ceratopetalum corymbosum (mountain sycamore)^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ceratopetalum corymbosum . F.A. Zich . B.P.M Hyland . T. Whiffen . R.A. Kerrigan . Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8 . 2020 . Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) . 6 March 2021.
2. Web site: M.M.P.N.D. - Sorting Polyscias names.
3. Web site: Satin sycamore, also known as Ceratopetalum succirubrum - Species. Chris Coughran. 2015-07-09. 2015-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20150710150439/http://www.woodsolutions.com.au/Wood-Species/satin-sycamore. dead.