Basisdaten
description:
The Oriental plane tree is a widespread tree in the east and in southern Europe. In southern Europe, the plane is just as popular as a street tree as the London plane in northern Europe.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Platanus orientalis
family:
Plane tree or Plantree family (Platanaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 30 m (99 ft)
leaf:
The leaves of the Oriental plane tree are fresh green and usually lobed. The petiole is shorter than London plane tree. The leaf margin is smooth.
leaf shape:
lobed
leaf margin:
smooth
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
yellow - orange
flowering:
March - April
blossom color:
greenish
blossom description:
The flowers are similar in globular inflorescences of the later fruit.
gender distribution:
monoecious
fruit:
The fruit is a spherical collecting fruit, which is about 2 cm (0.8 in) in diameter. The fruits often hang late as the spring on the trees.
branches:
The twigs are greenish to brown with small lenticels. The buds are green, thick and protruding.
bark:
The bark is gray - brown, small-scaly and flaking.
root:
Deep-rooting plant - Heart-rooting plant, roots extend beyond the crown area
location:
Sun
soil:
sandy to loamy
ph value:
neutral to strongly alkaline
usage:
avenue tree, roadside green
