Vine-leafed Maple

Basisdaten

vine-leaved maple (Acer cissifolium) leaf
vine-leaved maple (Acer cissifolium) leaf
  • vine-leaved maple (Acer cissifolium) leaf
  • vine-leaved maple (Acer cissifolium) leaf underside
  • vine-leaved maple (Acer cissifolium) blossom
  • vine-leaved maple (Acer cissifolium) blossoms
  • vine-leaved maple (Acer cissifolium) leaves in autumn
  • vine-leaved maple (Acer cissifolium) autumn foliage
  • vine-leaved maple (Acer cissifolium) trunk / bark
description: 

The Vine-leafed maple ist native to Japan. It is a favorite garden tree.

Tree profile

name botanical: 
Acer cissifolium
other name: 
Vineleaf Maple
family: 
Soapberry family (Sapindaceae)
species: 
deciduous tree
height: 
up to 10 m (33 ft)
leaf: 

The leaves are pinnate and is composed of three single leaves. The individual leaves are irregularly sinuate, ovate and pointed. The petiole is long and reddish, leaf margin coarsely toothed and the leaf arrangement is alternate.

leaf shape: 
imparipinnate
leaf margin: 
serrated
leaf position: 
alternate
fall foliage: 
yellow to red
flowering: 
April - May
blossom color: 
yellowish
blossom description: 

The inconspicuous yellowish flower appears, unlike many other maples, after the leaf shoots. Often, more than 30 single flowers at an raceme.

gender distribution: 
dioecious
fruit: 

Schizocarp: Two seeds form a winged nutlets. The seeds and wings are strongly pronounced broad and reddish in summer. The wings are to each other at an acute angle.

bark: 
The bark is brown-gray, smooth and slightly ribbed.
root: 
heart-rooting
location: 
sun
soil: 
permeable garden soil