Sapindaceae
Tatar maple
Acer tataricum
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Acer
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- قيقب تتري
- Armenian
- Թխկի թաթարական
- arz
- قيقب تترى
- Azerbaijani
- Tatar ağcaqayını
- Belarusian
- Чарнаклён, Клён татарскі, Няклён
- Bulgarian
- Мекиш
- Chinese
- 鞑靼槭
- Croatian
- Javor žestilj
- Czech
- Javor tatarský
- Danish
- Russisk Løn
- English
- Tatar maple, Tatarian maple
- Estonian
- Tatari vaher
- Finnish
- Pikkuvaahtera
- German
- Tatarischer Steppen-Ahorn, Steppen-Ahorn, Steppenahorn, Tataren-Ahorn, Tatarenahorn, Tatarischer Steppenahorn
- hsb
- Tatarski klon
- Hungarian
- Tatár juhar
- Icelandic
- Berghlynur
- Macedonian
- Жестил, Жестилка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tatarlønn
- os
- Тæтæйраг тæгæр
- Persian
- افرای تاتار
- Polish
- Klon tatarski
- Romanian
- Arțar tătăresc, Arţar tătărăsc, Arțar tătărăsc
- Russian
- Клён татарский, Черноклён, Клен татарский, Лимок, Неклён, Паклён, Серёжник, Татарский клен
- Serbian
- Жешља
- Serbian (Latin)
- Javor žestilj
- Slovak
- Javor tatársky
- Slovenian
- Tatarski javor
- Spanish
- Arce de Tartaria
- Swedish
- Tatarlönn
- Tatar
- Татар өрәңгесе, Кара өрәңге
- Turkish
- Tatar akçaağacı
- Ukrainian
- Клен татарський
Synonyms
- Acer cordifolium Moench
- Acer tataricum f. acutipterum Jovan.
- Acer tataricum f. crispatum (Pax) Schwer.
- Acer tataricum f. crispum Jovan.
- Acer tataricum f. cruciatum Jovan.
- Acer tataricum f. incumbens (Pax) Jovan.
- Acer tataricum f. latialatum Jovan.
- Acer tataricum f. nanum Dippel
- Acer tataricum f. oblongifolium Racib.
- Acer tataricum f. orbiculatum Schwer.
- Acer tataricum f. platypterum Jovan.
- Acer tataricum f. rotundifolium Racib.
- Acer tataricum f. rubrum Schwer.
- Acer tataricum f. torminaloides (Pax) Schwer.
- Acer tataricum subsp. torminaloides (Pax) A.E.Murray
- Acer tataricum var. crispatum Pax
- Acer tataricum var. hebecarpum Schwer.
- Acer tataricum var. incumbens Pax
- Acer tataricum var. slendzinskii Racib.
- Acer tataricum var. torminaloides Pax
- Euacer tataricum (L.) Opiz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Димитър Найденов / Dimìtar Nàydenov, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Le.Loup.Gris, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Димитър Найденов / Dimìtar Nàydenov, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MPF, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Acer
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- Norway mapleAcer platanoidesSapindaceae
- Field mapleAcer campestreSapindaceae
- BoxelderAcer negundoSapindaceae
- Sugar mapleAcer saccharumSapindaceae
- Red mapleAcer rubrumSapindaceae
- Montpellier mapleAcer monspessulanumSapindaceae
- Silver mapleAcer saccharinumSapindaceae
- Fullmoon mapleAcer japonicumSapindaceae
- Italian mapleAcer opalusSapindaceae
- 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.