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中国の南西部から西アジアに分布しています。森林に生え、高さは20メートルほどになります。樹皮は灰色で平滑です。葉は掌状に浅く5〜7裂し、全縁で先端は細くなります。秋には鮮やかな黄色に黄葉します。晩春、葉の展開と同時に、直立する複総状花序をだし、黄緑色の花を咲かせます。果実は翼果で、翼はほぼ水平に開きます。中国語では「青皮楓(qing pi feng)」と呼ばれます。
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カエデ科カエデ属の落葉高木で、学名は Acer cappadocicum。英名は Cappadocian maple。
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The Cappadocian maple (Acer cappadocicum) belongs to Aceraceae (the Maple family). It is a tall deciduous tree that is native to southwestern China, west to Western Asia. This tree grows in forests and can reach up to 20 m in height. The barks are gray and smooth. The leaves are palmately lobed with 5-7 lobes and entire with thin tips. They turn bright yellow in fall. The erect compound racemes are borne and the greenish-yellow flowers bloom as soon as foliation in late spring. The fruits are samaras with horisontal opened wings. In Chinese, it is called "青皮楓" (qing pi feng).
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茨城県つくば市「つくば牡丹園」にて、2011年05月04日撮影。
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