Cyprus Maple / قَيقَب سوري /

الاسفندان / قيقب / قيقب عريض الأوراق /

Acer obtusifolium Sm.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
March to May
Seed collection period
September to November

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Green
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Tree

Scientifc data

Genus
Acer L.
Family
Sapindaceae
Wikidata item
Q2777832
GBIF Item
Acer obtusifolium Sm. (7675369)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Crowley, D., Barstow, M. & Rivers, M.C. 2017. Acer obtusifolium. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T193841A2285222. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T193841A2285222.en. Accessed on 19 May 2022.
  2. Acer obtusifolium in Wild Life of Syria (2021). accessed via wildlifeofsyria.com on 2022-05-19.
  3. Crowley, D. (2020), 'Acer obtusifolium' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/acer/acer-obtusifolium/). Accessed 2022-05-19.
  4. Hegazy, A., & Doust, J. L. (2016). Plant ecology in the Middle East. Oxford University Press.
  5. Acer obtusifolium Sm. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-19.
  6. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  7. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  8. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  9. عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،اسعد، ص.(1995).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الاولى).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)

Citation

Acer obtusifolium Sm. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/784 accessed via barari.org on 7/19/2026.

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