Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the ancient Greek ' (''sūkomoros'') meaning "fig-mulberry".
Species of trees known as sycamore:
* ''
Acer pseudoplatanus
''Acer pseudoplatanus'', known as the sycamore in the British Isles and as the sycamore maple in the United States, is a species of flowering plant in the Sapindus, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large deciduous, broad-leaved ...
'', a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia
* ''
Ficus sycomorus'', the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible; a species of fig, also called the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa
* ''
Platanus orientalis'', chinar tree (Old World sycamore)
* Some North American members of the genus ''
Platanus'', including
** ''
Platanus occidentalis'', the American sycamore
** ''
Platanus racemosa'', the California sycamore or western sycamore
** ''
Platanus wrightii'', the Arizona sycamore
** ''
Platanus mexicana''. the Mexican sycamore
* In Australia, there are numerous trees which have the common name "sycamore":
** ''
Litsea reticulata'' or ''
Cryptocarya glaucescens'' (silver sycamore)
** ''
Polyscias elegans'' (white sycamore)
** ''
Cryptocarya obovata'' (white sycamore)
** ''
Ceratopetalum succirubrum'' (satin sycamore)
** ''
Cardwellia sublimia''
** ''
Cryptocarya hypospodia'' (bastard sycamore)
** ''
Ceratopetalum virchowii'' (pink sycamore)
** ''
Ceratopetalum corymbosum'' (mountain sycamore)
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