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Acer crassum
Origin: Yunnan, China.
| Family |
| Sapindaceae (Aceraceae) |
| Genus |
| Acer |
| Species |
| crassum |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (deciduous) |
| Height |
| 12 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| Occupying an area of only 140 km, this species has been placed on the IUCN Red List as globally threatened. |
| Habitat |
| Mixed forests at an altitude of 1,000 m. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Rough, blackish-brown in colour with glabrous branchlets purplish green in colour in their youth maturing to a blackish-grey or blackish-brown colour. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Ovoid winter buds with yellowish brown scales. |
| Leaf Description |
| Elliptic to elliptic-oblong, greyish-green graduating to a dark shiny green, thick and tough with a cuneate base, 8-14 x 3.5-6 cm. |
| Flower Description |
| Yellow flowers with 5 petals and 8 stamens, 3.3-4 mm. |
| Fruit Description |
| Yellowish-purple fruit produced in September. Nutlets with spreading wings, 2.8-3.2 cm. |
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