Manchurian Maple
Acer mandshuricum
Sapindaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Manchuria and Korea
Location
Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection, Newman Meadow
Source of plant
Arborvillage Farm Nursery, Heronswood, Peter Podaras
Description
Small tree or shrub reaching 5-6 m in height, sometimes considerably taller with glabrous branches. Leaves trifoliate, the leaflets oblong-lanceolate, 5-10 cm long and 2.5-3 cm wide, acuminate, obtuse serrate, dark green above, bluish green beneath, glabrous except on the central veins which are oftenpubescent; fall color red. Flowers greenish-yellow, 5-merous, strictly male or female, held in 3-flowered inflorescences. Bark smooth, not peeling. Samaras horizontally spreading, erect, the nutlets ovoid.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4