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Acer yangbiense
Yangbi Maple
Origin: Yunnan, CHina.
| Family |
| Sapindaceae (Aceraceae) |
| Genus |
| Acer |
| Species |
| yangbiense |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (deciduous) |
| Height |
| 20 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| This new maple (discovered in 2003), has been placed on the IUCN Red List as globally threatened. |
| Habitat |
| On the western slopes of the Mt. Cangshan valley. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Newer branchlets are pubescent and greenish in colour, the older branchles are glabrescent and brown or dark brown in colour. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Ovoid, dark brown with 9 pairs of scales. |
| Leaf Description |
| Thin, 5 primary veins with 5 shallow lobes and a cordate base, 10-20 x 11-25 cm. |
| Flower Description |
| Yellowish-green 5 petaled flower with 5 yellowish-green sepals, 8 stamens. Flowers are hermaphroditic. |
| Fruit Description |
| Fruit racemes of 9-17 fruits, reddish green when young maturing to a yellowish brown, winged nutles, produced in September. |
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