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Flying Moth Maple
Acer oblongum
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Botanical Name:
Acer Oblongum
Family:
ACERACEAE
Genus:
Acer
Species:
oblongum
Common Name:
Flying Moth Maple
Lot#:
9401
Quantity:
16.77 lb
Avg Count Packet:
78
Average Seeds Per Pound:
12,030
Germination:
77%
Germination Test Type:
Cut
Purity:
96%
Height:
35-50 feet
Collection Locale:
India
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
6-7
1 pkt
$ 4.95
1 lb
$ 28.48
Characteristics
Evergreen
Shade Tree
Specimen Tree
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Growing Info
Scarification
Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours
Stratification
cold stratify for 90 days
Germination
sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed
Description
Flora of Pakistan explains: The trees are evergreen, 12 to 15 m tall. Bark smooth to wrinkled. Trunk irregularly buttressed at base. Twigs red-brown or purplish, slender. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 5-18 cm long, 2-8 cm wide, glabrescent, reddish when young, later dark green above, paler to glaucous beneath; nerves pinnate in 6-8 pairs; base rounded to subacute; petioles slender, 2-10 cm long. Inflorescence corymobose, pubescent on leafy terminal and lateral shoots, 5-15 cm long. Pedicels pubescent. Flowers 5-merous, 7-9 mm across, greenish-white. Sepals linear, 1-2 mm wide, acute, pubescent. Petals narrowly lanceolate, 1-2 mm wide. Stamens 8, inserted on disc. Ovary pubescent, styles free nearly to the base. Samaras glabrous, 2-3 cm long; wings veined, divergent, constricted at base; nutlets gibbous, locules white-pubescent inside.