Sapindaceae
Fullmoon maple
Acer japonicum
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Acer
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- قيقب نيبوني
- Armenian
- Թխկի ճապոնական
- arz
- قيقب نيبونى
- Azerbaijani
- Yapon ağcaqayını
- Bulgarian
- Японски явор
- Chinese
- 羽扇槭, 日本槭
- chm
- Япон ваштар
- Czech
- Javor japonský
- dsb
- Japański klon
- English
- Fullmoon maple, Amur maple
- Finnish
- Hokkaidonvaahtera, Kääpiöjapaninvaahtera
- French
- Érable du Japon, Erable du Japon
- German
- Japanischer Ahorn, Thunbergs Fächer-Ahorn
- hsb
- Japanski klon
- Hungarian
- Vörösvirágú juhar
- Icelandic
- Sólhlynur
- Japanese
- ハウチワカエデ, メイゲツカエデ
- lah
- پورا چن میپل
- Latvian
- Japānas kļava
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Japanlønn
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Japanlønn
- Persian
- ایسر جاپنیکام
- Polish
- Klon japoński
- Russian
- Клён японский, Клен японский, Клены японские, Клёны японские
- Serbian
- Јапански јавор
- Slovenian
- Japonski javor
- Spanish
- Arce afelpado Japonés, Arce luna llena
- Ukrainian
- Клен японський
Synonyms
- Acer circumlobatum Maxim.
- Acer circumlobatum f. insulare (Pax) Schwer.
- Acer circumlobatum var. heyhachii (Matsum.) Makino
- Acer circumlobatum var. insulare Pax
- Acer heyhachii Matsum. ex Makino
- Acer heyhachii Matsum.
- Acer japonicum f. aconitifolium (Meehan) Rehder
- Acer japonicum f. macrophyllum Schwer.
- Acer japonicum f. parsonsii Schwer.
- Acer japonicum var. aconitifolium Meehan
- Acer japonicum var. circumlobatum (Maxim.) Koidz.
- Acer japonicum var. insulare (Pax) Ohwi
- Acer japonicum var. kobakoense (Nakai) H.Hara
- Acer japonicum var. microphyllum Koidz.
- Acer japonicum var. nudicarpum Nakai
- Acer japonicum var. stenolobum H.Hara
- Acer japonicum var. villosum Koidz.
- Acer kobakoense Nakai
- Acer monocarpon Nakai
- Acer pseudosieboldianum var. nudicarpum (Nakai) Nakai
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Jerome Ko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 松岡明芳, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 松岡明芳, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Sugar mapleAcer saccharumSapindaceae
- Red mapleAcer rubrumSapindaceae
- Montpellier mapleAcer monspessulanumSapindaceae
- Tatar mapleAcer tataricumSapindaceae
- Silver mapleAcer saccharinumSapindaceae
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- Cappadocian mapleAcer cappadocicumSapindaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.