Acer opalus seed

LATIN NAME: ACER OPALUS

COMMON NAME: Italian Maple

The Italian maple ambers the medium, deciduous tree with the broad, five-lobed, dark-green leaves that turn the gold and the amber through the autumn, the leaves ambering the rounded crown, the small, yellow-green flowers opening with the leaves through the spring, the paired, winged keys following. The tree grows steadily into the rounded, dense crown, and it stands the heat and the dry spells well. It likes the sun, and the deep, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The amber autumn colour of the Italian maple gives it a recognised place in the research on the warm-climate Mediterranean maples of the great maple group, and the opalus species appears in the studies of the heat-tolerant shade trees and the autumn pigments. The work looks at the way the five-lobed leaves amber the crown, the timber value, and the seed biology. The horticulturists value the gold display, and the growers of the warm-climate shade and avenue trees keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the warm, sunny ground, the Italian maple ambers the autumn garden with the gold leaves. The display lights the avenue, the keys scatter with the wind, and the timber serves the furniture and the turnery. It thrives in the deep, well-drained, sunny ground. Gold-ambered, five-lobed and heat-tolerant.

To grow the Italian Maple from seed, sow the winged seeds into the wide, gritty drills of the open ground in the autumn.

Sow the winged seeds into the wide, gritty drills of the open ground, and give the young trees the open, sunny spot. The amber leaves come through the autumn. , then cover them lightly, keep the drills gently watered, and the young trees rise over the spring. The amber leaves will gold through the autumn.

Acer opalus is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20 metres (66 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter.
The leaves are glossy green, 7–13 centimetres (2.8–5.1 in) long and 5–16 centimetres (2.0–6.3 in) across, palmately lobed with blunt teeth.
They turn yellow in autumn. The bark is grey and pink. It peels in square plates. It has small yellow flowers that open before the leaves appear.