Sapindaceae

Sycamore maple

Acer pseudoplatanus L.

Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer

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Sycamore maple: This media shows the natural monument in Styria with the ID 1211 . — Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (66)

ab: Аҕьар
Arabic: قيقب دلبي كاذب
Armenian: Թխկի սպիտակ
arz: قيقب دلبى كاذب
Asturian: Pládanu
azb: چیناریارپاق آغجاقایین
Azerbaijani: Çinaryarpaq ağcaqayın
Basque: Astigar zuri, Ostartx
Belarusian: Явар
Bosnian: Gorski javor
Bulgarian: Обикновен явор
Catalan: Fals plàtan, Plàtan fals
Chinese: 欧亚槭, 欧亞槭, 岩槭
chm: Ош ваштар
Croatian: Gorski javor
csb: Jawòr
Czech: Javor klen, Javor horský
Danish: Ahorn, Valbirk, Ær
Dutch: Gewone esdoorn, Bergesdoorn
English: Sycamore maple, Sycamore
Esperanto: Sikomora acero, Pseŭdoplatano
Estonian: Mägivaher
Faroese: Ahorn
Finnish: Vuorivaahtera
French: Érable sycomore, Erable sycomore, Faux Platane, Érable de montagne
Galician: Pradairo común, Pradairo bravo, Sicómoro
Georgian: Მთის ბოყვი, Მთის ნეკერჩხალი
German: Bergahorn, Berg-Ahorn, Blutahorn, Sykomore, Weiss-Ahorn, Weissahorn, Weiß-Ahorn, Weißahorn
Greek: Ψευδοπλάτανος
gv: Shykey, Billey shykey
hsb: Hórski klon
Hungarian: Hegyi juhar, Jávor
Icelandic: Garðahlynur
Irish: Seiceamóir
Italian: Acero di monte, Acero montano, Sicomori
Japanese: セイヨウカジカエデ, シカモアカエデ
Kazakh: Явор
Korean: 개버즘단풍나무
lah: سائیکامور میپل
Latvian: Kalnu kļava
Lithuanian: Platanalapis klevas
Luxembourgish: Biergahorn, Aaschtert
Macedonian: Горски јавор, Чинар
Māori: Hikamoa, Hikamora
mrj: Кырык ваштар
Norwegian Bokmål: Platanlønn
Norwegian Nynorsk: Platanlønn, Platanløn
nov: Sikomore
os: Урс тæгæр
Persian: چنار افرا
Polish: Klon jawor, Jawor, Klon jaworowy
Portuguese: Plátano-bastardo, Falso-plátano
Romanian: Paltin de munte, Paltin
Romansh: Ischi da muntogna
Russian: Клён белый, Белый клён, Клен ложноплатановый, Клён ложноплатановый, Платан, Явор
Serbian: Обични јавор
Serbian (Latin): Gorski javor
Slovak: Javor horský, Javor klen, Klen
Slovenian: Beli javor, Gorski javor
Spanish: Arce blanco, Arce platano falso, Arce plátano falso, Arce sicomoro, Arce-sicomoro, Falso sicomoro, Falso sicómoro, Falso-platano
Swedish: Tysklönn, Sykomorlönn, Tysk lönn
szl: Klōn jawōr
Turkish: Dağ akçaağacı
Ukrainian: Явір
Welsh: Masarnen
wuu: 岩槭

Synonyms

Acer abchasicum Rupr.
Acer atropurpureum Dippel
Acer bohemicum C.Presl ex Opiz.
Acer dittrichii Ortm.
Acer erythrocarpum Dippel
Acer euchlorum Dippel
Acer fieberi Opiz
Acer majus Gray
Acer melliodorum Opiz
Acer montanum Garsault
Acer opizii Ortmann ex Opiz.
Acer opulifolium Thuill.
Acer procerum Salisb.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. albertsii Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. albomarmoratum Pax
Acer pseudoplatanus f. albovariegatum (Hayne ex Loudon) Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. annae Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. argutum Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. atropurpureum Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. aucubifolium Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. aureovariegatum Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. bicolor Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. brevialatum Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. complicatum (H.Mort.) Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. concavum Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. costorphinense Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. cruciatum Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. cupreum Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. discolor Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. dittrichii (Ortm.) Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. erythrocarpum (Carrière) Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. euchlorum Späth ex Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. flavescens Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. grandicorne Borbás
Acer pseudoplatanus f. handjeryi (Späth ex Rehder) Geerinck
Acer pseudoplatanus f. handjeryi Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. insigne Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. laetum Schwer.
Acer pseudoplatanus f. latialatum (Pax) Pax
Acer pseudoplatanus f. leopoldii Schwer.

and 58 more.

Flowers

Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Gordon Leggett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.