Sapindaceae
Velvet maple
Acer velutinum
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Acer
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- قيقب مخملي
- arz
- قيقب مخملى
- Azerbaijani
- Məxməri ağcaqayın
- Chinese
- 毡毛槭
- English
- Velvet maple
- Esperanto
- Velura acero
- Finnish
- Nukkavaahtera
- German
- Samt-Ahorn
- glk
- پلت
- Hungarian
- Perzsa juhar
- Icelandic
- Floshlynur
- Macedonian
- Кадифест јавор
- mzn
- پلت
- Persian
- پلت
- Polish
- Klon zamszowaty
- Serbian
- Баршунасти јавор
Synonyms
- Acer insigne Boiss. & Buhse
- Acer insigne f. glabrescens (Boiss. & Buhse) Schwer.
- Acer insigne f. perckense Schwer.
- Acer insigne f. velutinum (Boiss.) Bornm.
- Acer insigne var. glabrescens Boiss. & Buhse
- Acer insigne var. longiloba Bornm.
- Acer insigne var. obtusiloba Freyn & Sint.
- Acer insigne var. van-volxemii (Mast.) Pax
- Acer insigne var. velutinum (Boiss.) Boiss. & Buhse
- Acer pseudoplatanus var. van-volxemii (Mast.) Wesm.
- Acer pulchrum G.Nicholson
- Acer van-volxemii Mast.
- Acer velutinum f. glabrescens (Boiss. & Buhse) Rehder
- Acer velutinum var. glabrescens (Boiss. & Buhse) E.Murray
- Acer velutinum var. van-volxemii (Mast.) Rehder
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Emad Tahaei, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Emad Tahaei, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Chuck Wilson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: hllrnnr, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gmihail at Serbian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: hllrnnr, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: hyrcanianforests, CC BY 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). About our plant data.