How to identify maple

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1. Leaves

2. Flowers

3. Fruit

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Leaves: The shape is initially wide oval, and later becomes obovate, about 10-15 cm long and 3.5-9 cm wide. The top color is green, the back is pink-green, and there are white nipple-like protrusions. Flowers: Racemes, flowers are small, without petals. Fruit: Drupe, oval in shape, with white powder on the surface and 1 seed.

1. Leaves

1. Leaves

The leaves of Acer chinensis are broadly elliptical in the early stage, and later become obovate, about 10-15 cm long, 3.5-9 cm wide, with the apex close to round, sometimes Also acute, base broadly wedge-shaped, margin entire. The top color is green, the straps are pinkish-green, and there are white nipple-like protrusions.

2. Flowers

Cow's ear maple The inflorescence is raceme, the flowers are smaller, without petals, the perianth is persistent and calyx-shaped. The pedicel of male flowers is about 1.2 cm long, with 3-4 tepals and very short filaments. The pedicel of female flowers is about 5-6 mm, the style is short, and the stigma has 2 branches.

3. Fruit

Cow's ear maple It is a drupe, oval in shape, with white powder on the surface and 1 seed.

2. Flowers

3. Fruit

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