Common name
English: Manitoba Maple, Western Boxelder
German: Eschen Ahorn
Mandarin: 复叶枫 (fu ye feng)
Portuguese: Bordo-negundo
English: Manitoba Maple, Western Boxelder
German: Eschen Ahorn
Mandarin: 复叶枫 (fu ye feng)
Portuguese: Bordo-negundo
Kingdom: Plantae (2593)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2490)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2105)
Order: Sapindales (67)
Family: Sapindaceae (15)(family description)
Genus: Acer (8)
Epithet: negundo L. (1)
Synonyms: Acer lobatum Raf., Negundo mexicanum DC., Rulac negundo (Linnaeus) Hitchcock, Rulac texana (Pax) Small
lobatum => divided into or bearing lobes
mexicanum => from or of Mexico
negundo => derived from the Sanskrit name of the plant Vitex negundo because of similarity of the leaves
texana => from Texas, USA
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: green, red
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