Sapindaceae

• Alectryon coriaceus
• Cardiospermum halicacabum
• Dimocarpus longan
• Dodonaea triquetra
• Harpullia arborea
• Litchi chinensis
• Litchi chinensis
• Melicoccus bijugata

Subfamily Hippocastanoideae

• Acer palmatum
• Acer palmatum ssp. palmatum W/C

• Common Name: Japanese Maple
• Family: Sapindaceae Juss.

• Country of Origin: China, Korea & Japan
• Habitat:

• Description: Leaf: Opposite, simple, serrated margin, 2 to 5" long, deeply palmately lobed, some cultivars so deeply lobed that leaf appears compound; color highly variable depending on cultivar, commonly deep red.

  Flower: Inconspicuous, small, red to purple, in terminal clusters; appearing in mid to late spring.

  Fruit: Double samara, 3/4 to 1" long, divergent (90 degrees) wings, reddish brown, persistent.

  Twig: Slender, glabrous, red or green; buds broadly conical, green or red, base of bud hidden by tan, fuzzy fringe.

  Bark: Smooth, light gray.

  Form: A small tree, 10 to 25' in height, round crown, typically multistemmed or branches low.