''Acer paxii'' is an Asian species of

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. It has been found only in southwestern China (

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).Flora of China, ''Acer paxii'' Franchet, 1886. 金沙枫 jin sha feng
/ref> ''Acer paxii'' is an evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall, with brown bark. Leaves are non-compound, leathery, up to 11 cm wide and 6 cm across, toothless, sometimes unlobed but sometimes with 3 shallow lobes.Franchet, Adrien René 1887. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 33: 464
description in Latin, commentary in French

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