Cappadocian Maple - Acer cappadocicum
A medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20 to 30 m tall with a broad, rounded crown. The leaves are opposite, palmately lobed with 5 to 7 lobes, 6 to 15 cm across.
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Usually recorded as a planted tree, often on road verges.
Flowering April or May.
Deciduous.
Widespread but occasional records of this species in Britain.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Sapcote, B4114 Coventry Road
10 July 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote, B4114 Coventry Road
10 July 2020
Dylan
Melton Town Park
26 May 2023
Cappadocian Maple underside of leaves
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Species profile
- Common names
- Cappadocian Maple
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Sapindales
- Family:
- Sapindaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 10/07/2020 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 26/05/2023 (Pugh, Dylan)
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Dylan
Melton Town Park
26 May 2023
Cappadocian Maple paired leaves and fruits
Dylan
Melton Town Park
26 May 2023
Cappadocian Maple sprouting from base of trunk
Dylan
Melton Town Park
26 May 2023
Cappadocian Maple trunk and lower branches
