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Acer
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Red Snakebite Maple |
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5 to 7 |
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Japan |
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30 t0 40 feet tall |
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Greenish white 1/3”
diameter flowers occur in slender 2 1/2 to 4”
long pendulous racemes. |
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Opposite, simple, 4 to 7” long, S to 5” wide, 3-lobed,
the lateral lobes much shorter, acuminate, cordate,
prominently serrate from apex to base, glabrous above
and below; gummy substances in axils of veins; petiole-1
1/2 to 21/2” long, glabrous, channeled above, reddish. |
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Yellow to red |
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Greenish purple to
reddish purple, with white striations, glabrous. |
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Samara is 3/4” long
and the wings form a 120° to 180° angle. |
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