Balkan Maple

Description

A rather large tree reaching 15 m or more with smooth bark and gray-brown glabrous stems and shoots. Leaves 3-5-lobed, 8-15 cm long and wide, deeply divided almost to the bases, thin-textured, the uppersides shining dark green, the undersides paler, the margins coarsely toothed, turning golden yellow in fall. Flowers yellow, held in large, erect terminal corymbs at the end of May. Samaras 3-5 cm, obtuse-angled. Closely related to A. pseudoplatanus and hybridizes readily with it.