Sycamore
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For other uses, see Sycamore (disambiguation).
Sycamore is a name which is applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms.
- The sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible is a species of fig, Ficus sycomorus, the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa. This tree was used in Ancient Egypt for medicine and mentioned in Egyptian mythology. [1]
- The sycamore of Britain and Ireland is a European maple tree, Acer pseudoplatanus, also called Sycamore Maple or confusingly the Plane tree in Scotland.
- The sycamores of North America are plane trees of the genus Platanus. There are several species, including the American sycamore, and the California sycamore.
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