Acer pictum subsp. mono, commonly known as Painted Maple or Mono Maple in English, or Ezo Itaya in Japan, or 五角枫 (wu jiao feng) in China, is a species of maple

Maple

Acer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as maple.Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or together with the Hippocastanaceae included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system, favour inclusion in...

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Description

Acer pictum subsp. mono grows 15-20m tall and a trunk that is 60-100cm wide. It's leaves have 5-7 lobes.

Taxonomy

The tree has the following synonyms:

• Acer laetum var. parviflorum Regel
• Acer mono Maxim. (basionym)
• Acer pictum var. mono (Maxim.) Maxim. ex Franch.
• Acer truncatum subsp. mono (Maxim.) A. E. Murray

Distribution

The tree is native to Japan

Japan

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, Korea

Korea

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, China

China

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, Mongolia

Mongolia

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, and the Russian Far East

Russian Far East

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