Acer coriaceifolium
Common name:
Leatherleaf Maple
Pronunciation:
A-ser kor-i-a-sih-FOH-lee-um
Family:
Sapindaceae, Aceraceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf evergreen (or semi-evergreen) shrub or tree, often more or less shrubby in cultivation but may form a tree to a height of 50 ft (15 m) in its habitat. Bark blackish gray or blackish brown. Leaves opposite, simple, ovate-oblong or rarely lanceolate, 8-12 × 3-5 cm, leathery, base broadly wedge shaped (cuneate) or rarely obtuse, apex ending in a small, slender point (apiculate), margin entire, 5-6 pairs of lateral veins, upper surface dark green, pale green below; petiole 1.5-3 cm long, slender. Flowers in terminal clusters, each with 5 light green sepals, 5 light yellow petals, both about 4 mm long, and 8 stamens, longer than the petals. Fruit (samara) brownish yellow, tomentose when young, slightly so when mature, wing including nutlet about 3-5 cm long, wings spreading obtusely or acutely.
- Sun to part shade
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8 Native to subtropical forests in central and south eastern China.
- Acer coriaceifolium is the accepted name by the WFO (2024). However, it is sometimes named Acer cinnamomifolium, as well as being regarded as a var. of Acer oblongum [Evergreen or Smooth Leaf Maple] and designated Acer oblongum var. macrocarpum.
- coriaceifolium: coriaceus, tough, leathery, folium, leaf.
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plant habit
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flower cluster and leaf
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leafy shoot
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leaves
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trunk, bark
