Platanus orientalis

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Platanus orientalis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Platanus orientalis, Linn. Oriental Plane. Tree, to 80 ft., with usually very broad and round head on a comparatively short trunk: bark of dull grayish or greenish white color: stipules small, usually with entire margin: lvs. usually broadly cuneate at the base, deeply 5-7- lobed, rarely 3-lobed, with the sinuses reaching almost to or below the middle; lobes longer or much longer than broad, coarsely toothed or entire, glabrous or nearly so at maturity, 4-8 in. long : fr.-heads 2-4 on long, drooping stalks, bristly, the nutlets narrowed at the apex into a persistent style to 2 lines long. May. S. E. Eu. to India. G.F. 4:91. G.G. III. 23:25, 27; 29:363. Gn. 1, p. 550; 20, pp. 369, 371, 373. F.S.R. 2, pp.75,77. F.E. 24:69. G.W. 14, pp. 688, 689. Var. digitata, Janko (P. umbraculifera, Hort., var. laciniata, Hort.). Lvs. cuneate or truncate or cuneate at the base, deeply 5-lobed, with narrow, elongated, coarsely toothed lobes. Gn. 1, pp. 572, 573; 20, p. 371. F.E. 18, p. 718, pl. 89. Var.cuneate,Loud. (P.cuneata, Willd.). Often shrubby: lvs. short-stalked, smaller, usually deeply 3-lobed and cuneate, with narrow-toothed lobes. Gn. 1, p. 618; 20, p. 371. G.C. III. 29:363.—The true oriental plane is rare in cult., the tree usually planted under this name being P. acerifolia. CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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