| General Description | A large tree with a somewhat rounded canopy, casting a dark shade. |
| ID Characteristic | It can easily be distinguished from most maples in Ontario because of its deeply set venation and its extremely long petiole (10cm or greater). The leaves are randomly splotched with a dark cream colour resembling paint splatters. |
| Shape | Large rounded crown. |
| Landscape | Parks, Institutional Landscapes and Estates where room is not an issue. A. pseudoplatanus 'Leopoldii' is somewhat salt tolerant and hence it may find limited use as a street tree, especially within developments that have private roads but sufficient space for the tree to develop. |
| Propagation | Must be budded onto A. pseudoplatanus rootstock. |
| Cultivation | Easy to grow, tolerant of lean soils and winter salt. |
| Pests | It suffers from aphid infestations and the associated sooty mold. |
| Notable Specimens | Old Specimen area, Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Orangish inner bark, covered with irregular exfoliating scales that are light grey in colour. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Terminal buds are prominent remaining green throughout the winter. Similar in size and form to A. plantanoides. |
| Leaf Description | Deeply veined, opposite, 3-5 lobed, dark green above and light grey green below. Deeply veined with an extremely long petiole. |
| Flower Description | Yellowish green flowers on upright panicles to 15 cm. |
| Fruit Description | Samara, ripen in early autumn and are about 5 cm long. |
| Colour Description | Dark green in the summer, silver undersides to the leaves and turning a dull mucky brown in the autumn. The dark green upper colour is overridden with a dark cream colour which resembles paint splatters. |
| Texture Description | Rough textured leaves because of the deep venation however they are smooth on the upper surface. |
