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The difference between Acer truncatum and Acer truncatum

First, the difference between leaves.

Acer truncatum maple leaf paper, round, 6- 10 cm in diameter. The base is cordate or subcordate, with 5-9 palmately divided leaves, usually 7-lobed. The leaves are needle-shaped, with sharp front ends and serrated edges. The depth of the blade reaches 1/2 or 1/3 of the blade diameter.

Red maple leaves are simple and alternate, usually clustered on branches. The leaves are palmately divided, with 5 to 9 lobes as deep as the base of the leaves. Lobes are oblong or lanceolate, and the edges of leaves are serrated. Leaves are red in spring and autumn and purple in summer.

Second, the difference between flowers

Castanea henryi has purple flowers and corymbs. The total pedicel is 2-3 cm long, 5 sepals are ovate-lanceolate, 5 petals are oval or obovate, and the apex is obtuse and round, about 2 mm long.

Red maple is an umbrella-shaped inflorescence, which is usually terminal and is a hybrid flower.