Description
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Trees to 10 m tall, andromonoecious. Branchlets stout, with elliptic or oblong lenticels; winter buds ovoid, outer scales ovate. Leaves deciduous; petiole red, 5-9 cm, glabrous or pubescent; leaf blade abaxially light green, adaxially dark green, 8-12 cm wide, membranous, abaxially yellowish pilose, adaxially glabrous except pubescent on veins, base cordate or deeply cordate, 5-lobed, rarely 7-lobed; lobes ovate or triangular-ovate, margin doubly and sharply incised-serrate, with acuminate teeth, apex caudate or acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, red, compact, racemose-paniculate, villous; peduncles 8-10(-12) cm. Pedicel 5(-8) mm, slender, slightly pubescent. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3 mm. Petals 5, linear-oblong, ca. 7 mm, glabrous. Stamens 8, glabrous. Disk extrastaminal, lobed, glabrous. Ovary densely yellow tomentose; style 1-5 mm; stigmas spreading. Fruit yellowish brown; nutlets ovoid-subglobose, rarely flat, veined; wing including nutlet 2.5-2.8 cm × 7-9 mm, wings spreading acutely or erectly. Fl. May, fr. Sep. 2n = 26.
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Distribution
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Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), S. Tibet, ?Burma.
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Distribution
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SE Gansu, W Henan, W Hubei, Ningxia, S Shaanxi, W Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Myanmar, Nepal].
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Habitat
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Alpine forests; 1700-4000 m.
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Synonym
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Acer caudatum var. erosum (Pax) Rehder; A. caudatum subsp. georgei (Diels) A. E. Murray; A. caudatum var. georgei Diels; A. caudatum var. multiserratum (Maximowicz) Rehder; A. caudatum subsp. prattii (Rehder) A. E. Murray; A. caudatum var. prattii Rehder; A. erosum Pax; A. multiserratum Maximowicz; A. papilio King.
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Acer caudatum: Brief Summary
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Acer caudatum, commonly known as candle-shape maple, is an Asian species of maple trees. It is found in the Himalayas (Tibet, Nepal, northern and northeastern India, Myanmar) the mountains of southwestern China (Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), plus Japan, Korea, and eastern Russia.
Acer caudatum is a deciduous tree up to 10 meters tall. Leaves are up to 12 cm across, thin and papery, dark green on the top, lighter green on the underside, usually with 5 lobes but occasionally 7.
Varieties Acer caudatum subsp. caudatum Acer caudatum subsp. multiserratum (Maxim.) A.E.Murray Acer caudatum subsp. ukurundense (Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) E.Murray
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