Komine Maple
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| Acer micranthum Siebold & Zucc. |
The Komine Maple (Acer micranthum) is a small, often shrubby maple native to Japan; it has no regular English name, the name Komine Maple used here being derived from the Japanese name Komine-kaede (kaede = maple).
It grows to 8-10 m tall, and has lobed, toothed leaves with five palmate lobes, similar to Redvein Maple (Acer rufinerve) and Amur Maple (Acer ginnala). It is one of many small maples that are used in temperate-zone landscaping, noted for the red bark on shoots up to a year old, and brilliant red fall color. The young leaves in spring also emerge red.
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 Shoot with seeds |
