Platanaceae
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
- Family
- Platanaceae
- Genus
- Platanus
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- دلب غربي, دلب, صنار اجنار
- arz
- دلب غربى
- Azerbaijani
- Qərb çinarı
- Breton
- Platan-ar-C'hornôg
- Bulgarian
- Западен чинар, Западен платан
- Cantonese
- 一球懸鈴木
- Catalan
- Plàtan d'Amèrica
- Chinese
- 美桐, 一球悬铃木, 美国梧桐
- Croatian
- Američka platana
- Czech
- Platan západní
- Dutch
- Westerse plataan
- English
- American sycamore, American planetree, Buttonwood, Occidental plane
- Estonian
- Lääneplaatan
- Finnish
- Amerikanplataani, Lännenplataani
- French
- Platane d'Occident, Platane occidental
- Galician
- Plátano occidental
- German
- Amerikanische Platane, Westliche Platane
- Hebrew
- דולב מערבי, דֹּלֶב מַעֲרָבִי, שיקמה אמריקאית, שקמה אמריקאית, שקמה אמריקנית
- hsb
- Ameriska platana
- Hungarian
- Nyugati platán
- Italian
- Platano americano, Platano occidentale, Sicomoro americano
- Japanese
- アメリカスズカケノキ, アメリカスズカケ, セイヨウボタンノキ, ボタンの木, ボタンノキ
- Korean
- 양버즘나무
- Macedonian
- Западен чинар, Американски платан, Американски чинар, Западен платан
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Amerikaplatan
- Persian
- چنار آمریکائی
- Polish
- Platan zachodni
- Russian
- Платан западный
- Slovak
- Platan západný
- Spanish
- Platano americano, Platano de Virginia, Platano occidental, Plátano americano, Plátano de Virginia, Plátano occidental
- stq
- Amerikoanske Platoane
- Turkish
- Batı çınarı, Amerika çınarı, Amerikan çınarı
- Ukrainian
- Платан західний, Сикамор
Synonyms
- Platanus densicoma Dode
- Platanus excelsa Salisb.
- Platanus integrifolia K.Koch
- Platanus lobata Moench
- Platanus occidentalis f. attenuata Sarg.
- Platanus occidentalis f. occidentalis
- Platanus occidentalis var. densicoma (Dode) Château & Chassignol
- Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis
- Platanus orientalis var. occidentalis (L.) Kuntze
- Platanus pyramidalis Dippel
- Platanus vulgaris prol. occidentalis (L.) Cadevall
- Platanus vulgaris var. angulosa Spach
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 37 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vince Hale, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: William J. Deml, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Even Dankowicz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James Davies, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.