Acer hookeri hookeri Miq.

 
  • Family : ACERACEAE
    (Maple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PHARJANJ FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Acer hookeri var. orbiculare W.P.Fang & Y.T.Wu; Acer medogense T.Z.Hsu & Z.K.Zhou; Acer pluridens T.Z.Hsu & H.Sun; Acer sikkimense f. rufinerve A.E.Murray
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Acer sikkimense Miq.
  • Common name : Sikkim maple
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Mixed forests
  • Comments / notes : Also grows as an epiphyte.
  • Key identification features : Trees to 20 m tall, andromonoecious. Bark black-gray. Branchlets brown, glabrous; winter buds ellipsoid, large, scales 4 pairs, glabrous. Fruit brownish when mature; nutlets flat; wing falcate, including nutlet 2-2.5 cm × ca. 8 mm, wings spreading obtusely, rarely horizontally.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-September
  • Distribution :
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
  • Native : India, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Photographs of Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acer hookeri. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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