''Acer oliverianum'', common names Oliver's maple and Oliver maple, is broadleaf deciduous tree. It is a species of

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Description

''Acer oliverianum'' has a smooth bark that is jade green in colour, with fine white waxy stripes. It grows up to 20 meters wilderness areas of Taiwan but usually only grows to 5 to 8 meters when cultivated. It has more or less horizontal branches, and looks similar to ''

Acer palmatum ''Acer palmatum'', commonly known as Japanese maple, palmate maple, or smooth Japanese maple (Japanese: ''irohamomiji'', , or ''momiji'', (栴), is a species of woody plant native to Japan, Korea, China, eastern Mongolia, and southeast Russi ...

'' the Japanese Maple. The leaves are opposite and simple being 6 to 10 cm across, with base truncate or cordate. The leaves are 5-lobed and palmate. The lobes are ovate, the middle lobe having 5 to 8 pairs of lateral veins with minor veins finely reticulate. Flowers are whitish with five purplish sepal . They have five white petals and eight stamen that are longer than the petals. The fruit are glabrous ranging from 2.5 to 3 cm long that spread at a wide angle.

Distribution

''Acer oliverianum'' is found in forests and valleys at elevations of 1000 to 2000 metres. It has been found only in Taiwan and China, in the Provinces of

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, southern

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Gallery

File:青楓 Acer serrulatum 20210117174639 10.jpg, Leaves palmate 6-lobed and 7-lobed, less common (palmate 5-lobed most common). File:青楓 Acer serrulatum 20210117174639 13.jpg, The petioles of the new leaves and the new branches are red. File:青楓 Acer serrulatum 20210117174639 07.jpg, The fruit is diptera but there are exceptions. File:青楓 Acer serrulatum 20210117174639 16.jpg, New leaves. File:青楓 Acer serrulatum 20210117174639 21.jpg, Vein. File:青楓 Acer serrulatum 20210419095802 03.jpg, Branches and leaves. File:青楓 Acer serrulatum 20210117174639 03.jpg, The leaves change color in the fall when the temperature drops. File:青楓 Acer serrulatum 20210419095802 02.jpg, The Chinese name "Qingfeng" comes from the bark color of the new branches and young trunk which are green.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3205552 oliverianum Plants described in 1889 Endemic flora of China