Acer palmatum
Japanese maple, smooth Japanese maple, Palmate Maple, Purple Japanese-Maple, Smooth Japanese-Maple, Japanese-maple, Acer palmatum
Description
Third-size tree, up to 10 metres tall, deciduous polyennial. Appreciated in landscaping and outdoor ornamentals for its developed habit and elegant foliage with intensely coloured leaves that vary depending on the cultivar or variety grown. It adapts to different soil and climate conditions, including those in urban areas. It is also widely cultivated in the art of bonsai as an impressive species due to the colouration of the leaves before the seasonal fall.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Acer
- Species
- Acer palmatum
