Shantung Maple, Purpleblow Maple

Acer truncatum

Aceraceae (Maple Family)

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

▲▼ leaves

▲ flowers

▲ 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