Shantung Maple

Shantung Maple, Purpleblow Maple

Acer truncatum

Aceraceae (Maple Family)

▲ small tree at Master Gardener's Garden at Botanical Center in Springfield, MO

▲ ▼ leaves

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▲ bark and trunk

Location near Missouri State University campus: in 800 to 1000 blocks of South Kickapoo, two blocks east of MSU campus

Acer truncatum: Shangtung Maple, Purpleblow Maple

• leaves opposite, simple, decidous, palmately 5-lobed; shiny dark green above and paler beneath; leaves 3-5" wide and 2/3 as long
• stems shiny, reddish-brown when young with lenticels; leaf scars meet at point at nodes
• bark is medium brown and fissured
• prefers full sun and is very soil adaptable as is trident maple and amur maple
• grows 20-35' tall and almost or equally wide; pyramidal to rounded habit
• slow to medium growth rate