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The difference between maple and sycamore

Mike Ehrmantraut
2020-07-16 09:11:32
Leaves: maple leaves are oblong or oval, green, and will turn red in autumn. However, the leaves of sycamore trees are large, oval and green. Flowers: Maple is a raceme of axillary, 5 petals, spoon shaped, yellow. The flowers of sycamore are panicles without petals and light purple.

I. blade difference

Maple leaves are opposite, papery, oblong or oval, long acuminate at the apex, wide wedge at the base, slightly reflexed at the edge, serrated, dark green on the top, glabrous, slightly light colored on the back, pilose. In autumn, it will turn fire red and land in deep red. However, the leaves of sycamore trees are large, broad ovate, truncated or broad heart-shaped at the base, with wide triangular lobes and fluff on both sides, which will fall off to glabrous at the later stage. The color is green

Maple

Maple

The difference between flowers

Maple is raceme axillary, with small stipules, calyx is linear triangle, 5 petals are spoon shaped, stamens and petals are opposite, color is yellow. While sycamore for panicle, unisexual flowers, no petals, lobes for the strip lanceolate, the color of the flower is lavender

Maple

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