| Tapering Leaf Maple |
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| Original date | 6/22/09 4:27 PM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 14.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 3.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Acer acuminatum Family: Sapindaceae (Soapberry family)
Synonyms: Acer caudatum
Synonyms: Acer caudatum
Tapering Leaf Maple is a small to moderate sized deciduous tree, growing
up to 15 m tall. Twigs are hairless. Leaves are 5-12 cm across, 3-5-lobed,
(basal lobes small or absent). An identifying feature of this maple is
that the leaf-lobes end in long tapering tip, about 1 cm long. Margins are
sharply toothed, and the base is either heart-shaped or flat. Leaf stalks
are 5-10 cm long, slender, often reddish. Flowers are borne in racemes,
female flowers at the end of leafy shoots, and the male ones on leafless
lateral shoots. Flowers are 4-merous, 5 mm across, greenish. Sepals are 4,
oblong, 3-4 mm long. Petals are 4, ovate, shorter than sepals. Fruit is a
samara, 2-3 cm long, divergent to erect, often reddish when young.
Tapering Leaf Maple is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to C. Nepal,
at altitudes of 2100-3000 m. Flowering: March-April.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed on Govindghat-Ghangria route, Uttarakhand. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,