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Pax's Maple

Acer paxii

Pax's Maple
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acer paxii is an evergreen maple tree from southwestern China, growing up to about 15 m tall with leathery, mostly untoothed leaves. It is a forest tree and is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly while young and in dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral soil.
Temperature
Suited to mild subtropical to temperate conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SC. China (to N. & C. Guangxi)
Climate
temperate

About

Acer paxii is an Asian species of maple. It has been found only in southwestern China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan).

Acer paxii is an evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall, with brown bark. Leaves are non-compound, leathery, up to 11 cm wide and 6 cm across, toothless, sometimes unlobed but sometimes with 3 shallow lobes.

Other Acer plants

Tapering Leaf Maple · Acer alaskense · Himalayan Maple · Acer amamiense · Broad Maple · Deep-veined Maple · Acer ashwilli · Bearded maple · Jalisco Maple · Acer brevipes · Acer browni · Trident maple

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acer paxii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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