Acer platanoides
Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID644006c1e87cc385279492 |
| Scientific name | Acer platanoides |
| Authority | L. |
| First published in | Sp. Pl. : 1055 (1753) |
Ethnobotanical Use Top
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Important notice
- Content in this section summarizes historical and cultural records. It is not medical advice.
- Do not use plants for self-treatment. Safety, efficacy, and appropriate use are not established here.
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**Key points overview
There is no verifiable, published ethnobotanical record of teas, decoctions, tinctures, macerations, or poultices made from Acer platanoides (Norway maple), nor any traditional medicinal or culinary use of this species in reputable monographs, peer‑reviewed literature, or historic compendia.**
General Uses Top
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The wood is used for flooring, furniture, interior joinery, paneling, tool handles, sports equipment, and musical instruments (e.g., violins and harps). Sapwood and younger stems have limited utility; the species is primarily valued for solid or veneer lumber. It is also utilized as fuelwood and occasionally as pulpwood for paper.
Industrial and craft applications:
Logs and sawn wood are processed into flooring planks and components for furniture and joinery; veneer is sliced for panels and decorative surfaces. Wood is turned and carved for tool handles, bats and rackets, musical instruments, and specialty craft items. The species contributes modestly to kraft pulp for paper.
Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No established non-medicinal food or beverage uses are documented for this taxon.
Colorants and tanning:
No documented use as a dye or tanning agent is reported for this taxon.
Wood and fiber:
As a source of lumber and pulpwood, the wood is characterized by a fine, generally straight grain and pale, creamy sapwood; air-dry density is typically about 0.57–0.67 g/cm³. It machines and finishes well and is suitable for flooring and furniture where light color and uniformity are desired.
Fragrance and cosmetics:
No documented fragrance or cosmetic use is reported for this taxon.
Properties relevant to use:
Fine, straight to slightly interlocked grain; generally uniform texture; pale, light-colored wood with low resin content; suitable machining and finishing performance. These attributes support applications requiring smooth surfaces, good dimensional stability in interiors, and consistent machining.
Standards and regulation:
No specific product or processing standards are uniquely associated with this species beyond general classifications under timber grading and wood products regulations. Exotic maple species are listed in some horticultural invasive-plant regulations in North America (e.g., certain U.S. state-level lists), which influence sourcing and planting guidelines rather than material use standards.
Sustainability and sourcing:
The species is widely cultivated as a street and shade tree in temperate regions, with both planted and naturalized populations. In parts of North America it is considered potentially invasive and is restricted or discouraged by local horticultural regulations; procurement should follow regional planting and sourcing guidelines. In Europe, material is commonly sourced from plantation forestry, with limited market volumes relative to commercial maples.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Acer dieckii | (Pax) Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 402 (1892) |
| Acer fallax | Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 238 (1886) |
| Acer laciniatum | (Aiton) Borkh. ex Tratt. | Arch. Gewächsk. Leopold Trattinick 1: 35 (1812) |
| Acer lactescens | Pers. | Syn. Pl. 1: 417 (1805) |
| Acer laetum var. cordifolium | R.Uechtr. & Sint. | Pl. Roman. 188 1880 |
| Acer lobelii var. dieckii | Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 238 1886 |
| Acer lobergii | Dippel | Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 451 (1892) |
| Acer palmatifidum | Tausch ex Steud. | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 11. 1840 |
| Acer platanifolium | Stokes | Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 382 (1812) |
| Acer platanoides var. drummondii | J.Drumm. ex Schwer. | |
| Acer platanoides f. drummondii | (Drummond ex Schwer.) Geerinck | Belg. J. Bot. 130(2): 120 (1998):. |
| Acer platanoides f. erectum | A.D.Slavin | Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 225 (1931) |
| Acer platanoides var. laciniatum | Aiton | Hort. Kew. 3: 435 1789 |
| Acer platanoides f. meyeringii | Geerinck | Belg. J. Bot. 130(2): 120 (1998). |
| Acer reitenbachii | Dippel | Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 578 (1892) |
| Acer rotundum | Dulac | Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 242 (1867) |
| Acer schwedleri | K.Koch | Dendrologie 1: 530 (1869) |
| Acer vitifolium | Opiz ex Tausch. | Flora 12(2): 549. 1829 |
| Euacer acutifolium | Opiz | Seznam : 42 (1852) |
| Euacer platanoides | Opiz | Seznam : 42 (1852) |
| Acer platanoides var. macrocarpum | Spach | Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) II, 2: 168 1834 |
| Acer platanoides var. palmipartitum | Spach | Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) II, 2: 168 1834 |
| Acer platanoides var. crispum | Spach | Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) II, 2: 168 1834 |
| Acer platanoides var. variegatum | Loudon | Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 1: 409 1838 |
| Acer platanoides var. aureovariegatum | Loudon | Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 1: 409 1838 |
| Acer platanoides var. lobatum | Aiton | Hort. Kew. 3: 435 1789 |
| Acer platanoides var. pubescens | Hayne ex Loudon | Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 1: 409 1838 |
| Acer platanoides f. commune | Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 240 1886 |
| Acer platanoides f. pseudotruncatum | Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 240 1886 |
| Acer platanoides var. rubrum | Herder | Gartenflora 16: 163, 545 1867 |
| Acer platanoides f. rubrum | (Herder) Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 240 1886 |
| Acer platanoides f. productum | Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 240 1886 |
| Acer platanoides f. coloratum | Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 240 1886 |
| Acer platanoides var. incumbens | Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 240 1886 |
| Acer platanoides var. palmatifidum | Tausch | Flora 12: 548 1829 |
| Acer platanoides f. cuneatum | Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 240 1886 |
| Acer platanoides f. cucullatum | (G.Nicholson) Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 240 1886 |
| Acer platanoides f. aureomarginatum | Pax | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 240 1886 |
| Acer dieckii f. integrilobum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 260 1893 |
| Acer dieckii f. monstrosum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 260 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. acuminatum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 559 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. incumbens | (Pax) Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 559 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. nanum | (G.Nicholson) Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 560 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. columnare | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 560 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. adspersum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 560 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. latifolium | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 560 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. rufescens | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 560 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. globosum | (G.Nicholson) Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 560 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. laetum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 561 1893 |
| Acer platanoides var. coloratum | (Pax) Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 561 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. schwedleri | (K.Koch) Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 561 1893 |
| Acer platanoides var. nanum | G.Nicholson | Gard. Chron. n.s., 15: 565 1881 |
| Acer platanoides var. columnare | Carrière | Rev. Hort. 1878: 346 1878 |
| Acer platanoides var. cucullatum | G.Nicholson | Gard. Chron. n.s., 15: 564 1881 |
| Acer platanoides var. albovariegatum | G.Nicholson | Gard. Chron. n.s., 15: 564 1881 |
| Acer platanoides var. buntzleri | Wittm. | Monatsschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten Ges. Gartenfr. Berlins 1880: 321 1880 |
| Acer platanoides var. decussatum | G.Nicholson | Gard. Chron. n.s., 15: 564 1881 |
| Acer platanoides var. globosum | G.Nicholson | Gard. Chron. n.s., 15: 564 1881 |
| Acer platanoides var. heterophyllum-variegatum | G.Nicholson | Gard. Chron. n.s., 15: 564 1881 |
| Acer platanoides var. lactescens | G.Nicholson | Gard. Chron. n.s., 15: 565 1881 |
| Acer platanoides var. palmatum | G.Nicholson | Gard. Chron. n.s., 15: 565 1881 |
| Acer platanoides var. purpureum | G.Nicholson | Gard. Chron. n.s., 15: 565 1881 |
| Acer platanoides var. reitenbachii | G.Nicholson | Gard. Chron. n.s., 15: 565 1881 |
| Acer platanoides var. schwedleri | K.Koch | Dendrologie 1: 530 1869 |
| Acer platanoides f. reitenbachii | (G.Nicholson) Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 561 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. albescens | Dippel ex Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 561 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. bicolor | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 562 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. albovariegatum | (G.Nicholson) Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 562 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. puckleri | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 562 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. pictum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 562 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. buntzleri | (Wittm.) Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 562 1893 |
| Acer platanoides var. bullatum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 562 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. undulatum | (Dippel) Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 562 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. roseobullatum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 563 1893 |
| Acer platanoides var. undulatum | Dippel | Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 450 1891 |
| Acer platanoides f. variegatum | (Loudon) Dippel | Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 451 1891 |
| Acer platanoides f. dissectum | J.Jacq. ex Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 586 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. lorbergii | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 586 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. cucullatum | (G.Nicholson) Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 586 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. laciniatum | (Aiton) Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 586 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. argutum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 586 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. plicatum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 586 1893 |
| Acer platanoides var. heterophyllum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 587 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. irregulare | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 587 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. dilaceratum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 587 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. albodentatum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 587 1893 |
| Acer platanoides var. hederifolium | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 587 1893 |
| Acer platanoides var. stollii | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 587 1893 |
| Acer platanoides var. minimum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 587 1893 |
| Acer platanoides f. pygmaeum | Schwer. | Gartenflora 42: 588 1893 |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | norway maple |
| Spanish | arce aplatanado |
| Spanish | arce de noruega |
| Spanish | arce noruego |
| Spanish | arce platano |
| Spanish | arce plátano |
| Spanish | arce platanoide |
| Spanish | arce real |
| Spanish | auderon |
| Spanish | coladena |
| Spanish | moscon real |
| Spanish | moscón real |
| Spanish | plantanero de espana |
| Spanish | plantanero de españa |
| Arabic | قيقب دلبي |
| Azerbaijani | sivriyarpaq ağcaqayın |
| Belarusian | Клён платанападобны |
| Belarusian | Клён вастралісты |
| Bulgarian | шестил |
| Catalan | erable |
| Czech | javor mléč |
| Welsh | masarnen norwy |
| Danish | spidsløn |
| Danish | spids-løn |
| German | spitzahorn |
| German | spitz-ahorn |
| Esperanto | plataneca acero |
| Estonian | vaher |
| Estonian | harilik vaher |
| Basque | astigar zorrotz |
| Persian | افرای نروژی |
| Finnish | metsävaahtera |
| Finnish | vaahtera |
| French | érable plane |
| French | erable de norvège |
| French | Érable de norvège |
| French | erable plane |
| French | faux sycomore |
| French | iseron |
| French | main-découpée |
| frr | liinbuum |
| frr | spasahorn |
| fur | aieresse |
| Galician | pradairo real |
| Hebrew | אדר נורווגיה |
| Croatian | norveški javor |
| Croatian | javor mliječ |
| Upper Sorbian | jawor |
| Upper Sorbian | kónčkaty klon |
| Hungarian | platánlevelű juhar |
| Hungarian | korai juhar |
| Armenian | թխկի սրատերև |
| Icelandic | broddhlynur |
| Japanese | ノルウェーカエデ |
| Georgian | ლეკის ხე |
| Georgian | ლეკა |
| lb | krätschenholz |
| lb | spatzahorn |
| Lithuanian | paprastasis klevas |
| Latvian | parastā kļava |
| mhr | Тыглай ваштар |
| Macedonian | јавор млеч |
| Macedonian | млеч |
| mrj | Шӹргӹ ваштар |
| Norwegian Bokmål | spisslønn |
| Dutch | noorse esdoorn |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | spisslønn |
| os | Цыргъсыф тæгæр |
| Polish | klon pospolity |
| Polish | klon zwyczajny |
| Punjab | ناروے میپل |
| Portuguese | bordo da noruega |
| Romansh | ischi giz |
| Romanian | arţar |
| Romanian | arțar |
| Russian | Клен остролистный |
| Russian | Клен платановидный |
| Russian | Клён платановидный |
| Russian | Клен платанолистный |
| Russian | Клён платанолистный |
| Russian | Остролистный клен |
| Russian | Остролистный клён |
| Russian | Клён остролистный |
| Samogitian | klēvs |
| Samogitian | klevs |
| Slovak | javor mliečny |
| Slovenian | ostrolisti javor |
| Slovenian | ostrolistni javor |
| Serbian | Млеч (јавор) |
| Swedish | skogslönn |
| Swedish | lönn |
| Turkish | Çınar yapraklı akçaağaç |
| Ukrainian | Клен гостролистий |
| Ukrainian | Клен звичайний |
| Vietnamese | phong na uy |
| Walloon | bwès d' cok |
| Walloon | plaene |
| Chinese | 挪威槭 |
| Chinese | 挪威枫 |
Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
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| Acer platanoides subsp. turkestanicum | (Pax) P.C.DeJong | Maples World : 227 (1994) |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000514884 |
| UNII | 12AQ0OL9TE |
| Cornell Woody Plants | 317 |
| Canadensys | 9210 |
| USDA Plants | ACPL |
| UConn | 21 |
| Tropicos | 200035 |
| INPN | 79779 |
| Flora of Italy | 3036 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781455-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2616254 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | 275380 |
| PFAF | Acer platanoides |
| PaleoBotany | 34768 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 948919 |
| Observations.org | 6332 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 4025 |
| NBN Atlas | NBNSYS0000003192 |
| Nature Serve | 2.140646 |
| IUCN Red List | 193853 |
| IPNI | 781455-1 |
| iNaturalist | 54763 |
| GBIF | 3189846 |
| Freebase | /m/0188tx |
| WisFlora | 2422 |
| FEIS | plants/tree/acepla |
| EPPO | ACRPL |
| EOL | 583070 |
| Elurikkus | 2496 |
| Calflora (Californian flora) | 9274 |
| USDA GRIN | 1209 |
| Wikipedia | Acer_platanoides |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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