Acer palmatum 'Sango-kaku'

Family: SAPINDACEAE
Genus: Acer
Species: palmatum
Cultivar: 'Sango-kaku'
Common names: Japanese Maple;Coral- bark Maple
Distribution summary: Japan, S Korea
Habit: Tree
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Plants of the World (B)
Reason for growing: Other use

Additional Notes

Syn. = Acer palmatum 'Senkaki'

Can be tapped in early spring for its sugar-rich sap although it is not as abundant as in Acer saccharum.

In traditional medicine a tea, made from the inner bark of the related species Acer negundo, has been used as an emetic.

Foster. S. & Duke. J. A. A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1990 https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Acer+negundo

Asia-Temperate, Eastern Asia, Japan

Asia-Temperate, Eastern Asia, Korea

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