Family |
Sapindaceae
Acer obtusifolium
Sm.
Acer obtusifolium Sm.
≡ Acer syriacum Boiss. & Gaill. (pro parte) — Acer orientale Mill. sensu auct. non Mill.
(J. Sibthorp & J.E. Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 263; 1809. — Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 473; 1969, as Acer syriacum)
• Life-form & habit: Small tree up to 8 m. Branches erect, bark grey-brown.
• Leaves: Simple, opposite, coriaceous, concolorous on both surfaces, 3–8 × 3–8 cm, glabrous, base rounded or cuneate, apex obtuse, margin trilobed (lobes shallow, obtuse, slightly sinuate). Petiole 2–5 cm, glabrous.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Corymbs subsessile, 10–20-flowered, pendulous or spreading. Flowers yellowish-white; sepals 5; petals 5; stamens 8; ovary bilocular, pubescent.
• Fruit: Samaras with divergent wings, 2–3 cm long; wings thin, slightly spreading.
• Phenology: Flowers February–March .
• Habitat & elevation: Woodland habitats, usually in mountain forests.
• Lebanese distribution: Ct. Saïda, Nahr Damour, Nahr Beyrouth, Nahr el-Kelb, Mkallès; Mi. Batroun to Hasroun, Beit Méri, Antoura, Bikfaya, Zouk Mkhaël; Mm. Qala‘at Fakhra, Denniyé, N of Jezzine .
• Native range: Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Greece, Kriti, Lebanon–Syria, Palestine, Turkey. (POWO)