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The difference between Acer truncatum and Maple Acer

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Leaf difference: Acer truncatum leaves are papery, round, with palmately divided, lobes oblong; red maple leaves alternate, clustered at the top of branches, palmately divided, lobes lanceolate. Flower differences: Acer frutescens purple, corymbose; red maple corymbose, terminal.

I. difference between leaves

Acer frutescens leaves papery, round, 6 to 10 cm in diam., base cordate or nearly heart-shaped, with 5 to 9 palmately divided, usually 7-lobed, lobes lanceolate, leaf front sharp, margin acutely serrate, lobes as deep as 1 blade in diameter, with no tomentose surface.

Red maple leaves alternate, usually clustered at the top of branches, the leaves are palmately parted, there are 5 to 9 lobes, the cracks are deep to the leaf base, the lobes are long ovate or lanceolate, and the leaf edges are sharply serrated. The leaves are red in spring and autumn and purplish red in summer.

Second, the difference between flowers

Acer frutescens flowers are purple, corymbose, pedicels 2 to 3 cm long, sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, petals 5, oval or Obovate, apex obtusely round, about 2 mm long.

Red maple is a corymb, inflorescences usually terminal, polygamous flowers.

 
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