Trident Maple - Acer buergerianum - Bonsai / Tree - 5 Seeds

It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree reaching a height of 520 m with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter. The leaves are in opposite pairs, 2.58 cm long (excluding the 25 cm petiole) and 3.56.5 cm broad, hard, glossy dark green above, paler below, usually with three lobes; on mature trees the lobes forward-pointing and with smooth margins, on young trees with more spreading lobes and serrated margins. The flowers are produced in spring, yellow-green, in pendulous corymbs; they are small, with five greenish sepals and five yellow-white petals about 2 mm long, and eight stamens. The fruit is a samara with two winged seeds, each seed 47 mm diameter, with a 15 mm wing; the wings are forward-pointing and often overlapping each other. A popular bonsai species.

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