Acer miyabei
Miyabes maple (Acer miyabei )
Miyabes maple (Acer miyabei ) is a small tree of the genus of the maples in the family of Soapberry ( Sapindaceae ). The natural range is in Japan and China.
Description
Miyabes Maple is a 10 to 12 rarely to 25 m tall tree with a rounded crown, aged rough and corky bark and hairy stems. The leaves are five-lobed, 10 to 15 inches wide, with deep heart-shaped base. The lobes are blunt or pointed, the middle lobe is cut to Spreitenmitte or something deeper and narrows toward the base. The upper leaf surface is dark green, the lower surface pale green, both sides are soft-hairy. The petiole is also hairy and are injured milky sap from. The yellowish green, about 1 cm wide, thin -stemmed flowers stand 10 to 12 inches long and 5-7 inches wide cymes. They bloom in May. The fruits are hairy 4 to 5 inches long and velvety. The wing is spread horizontally.
Distribution and ecology
The distribution area is located on the Japanese islands of Hokkaido and Honshu and in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi and Zhejiang. The species grows in floodplains and along river banks to moderately dry, fresh to moist, very rich, neutral to alkaline, sandy-gritty soil in full sun to light shade, cool to cold locations.
Systematics and history of research
Miyabes maple (Acer miyabei ) is a species of the genus maples ( Acer) in the family of Soapberry ( Sapindaceae ). There he is assigned to the section Platanoidea. The first description was in 1888 by Karl Johann Maximowicz in the Bulletin de l' Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint- Pétersbourg. St. Petersburg.
Use
The species is rarely used.