Acer davidii

Read about Acer davidii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Acer davidii, Franch. Tree, to 50 ft.: branchlets glabrous: lys. ovate or oblong-ovate, 2 1/2-8 in. long, acuminate, subcordate or rounded at base, unequally crenate-serrate, green beneath and rufously villous on the veins while young, finally glabrous or nearly so: racemes slender, pendulous, glabrous: wings of fr. spreading horizontally. Cent. China. S.T.S. 1:83. J.H.S. 29:86, 90.—Handsome tree; hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, the lvs. turning bright yellow or purple in autumn. In young plants, the lvs. are often lobed at the base. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.