#527 (AA1) JAPANESE MAPLE
Acer palmatum

Planted: 2020
View On MapThis tree is at the western end of the island.
Distribution: | Native to Korea, Japan, China eastern Mongolia and southeast Russia. Thousands of cultivars have been selected and they are grown for their large variety of attractive forms, leaf shape, and spectacular colours. This is an unnamed cultivar. |
Planting Date: | 2020, potgrown by George Marshall. |
Growth Habit: | This cultivar has a dwarfish growth habit with branching trunks. |
Bark: | Smooth |
Leaf: | The leaves are 4 to 12 cm long and wide, with acutely pointed lobes. |
Flowers: | The flowers are produced in small cymes, the individual flowers with five sepals and five whitish petals. |
Fruit: | The fruit is a pair of winged samaras, each 2 to 3 cm long with a 6 to 8 mm seed. The seeds require stratification to germinate. |
Toxicity: | Preparations from the branches and leaves are used as a treatment in |
Potential tree size | Unlikely to grow to more than 1m. |
Uses: | Ornamental |
Plant Hunter: | Not known |
Introduction Date: | Has been cultivated in Japan for centuries and in temperate areas around the world since the 1800s. The first specimen of the tree reached Britain in 1821. |
Anecdotes and Comments | Preparations from the branches and leaves are used as a treatment in traditional Japanese medicine. |