Acer argutum Maxim.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Acer argutum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/acer/acer-argutum/). Accessed 2024-10-06.

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androdioecious
With only male or only hermaphrodite flowers on individual plants.
inflorescence
Flower-bearing part of a plant; arrangement of flowers on the floral axis.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Acer argutum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/acer/acer-argutum/). Accessed 2024-10-06.

A small, deciduous, dioecious tree, with erect branches; young branchlets covered with a fine down. Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, as much wide, five-lobed, produced on long, slender stalks, the lobes ovate, long-pointed, with margins prettily double-toothed; lower surface downy, especially on the whitish veins. Male flowers borne in clusters of racemes, before the leaves; female flowers on racemes borne singly in the axils of leafy shoots; they are greenish yellow and the racemes downy. Fruits on slender stalks to about 34 in. long, 14 in. wide, spreading horizontally.

Native of the mountain woods of Japan; introduced to England in 1881, for Messrs Veitch, by Maries. It is a maple of elegant appearance, with pale green leaves as prettily lobed and toothed as those of A. palmatum. The stalk of the inflorescence and that of the individual flower lengthens considerably as the fruits develop. The branches acquire a purplish-brown shade in winter. It grows best in a cool, moist situation, shielded from strong sun, which scorches the leaf-margins. There is a good example of this maple, about 30 ft high, at the Winkworth Arboretum, Godalming, Surrey.