Suzukakenoki (common) plane

Japanese: スズカケノキ(篠懸の木) - スズカケノキ（英語表記）(common) plane

A deciduous tall tree of the Platanaceae family, it is widely planted as a roadside tree or garden tree. It can reach a height of 30 m, and the trunk has an irregular pattern of broad strips of bark that have peeled off. The leaves are alternate, with the winter buds wrapped around the base of the 3-8 cm long petiole and sheath-like early-falling stipules. The leaf blade is 10-20 cm wide, palmately divided into 5-7 deep lobes, and has a few teeth on the edges of the lobes. In May, male and female flowers form separate globular heads, and 3-6 flowers hang in clusters on long stalks.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スズカケノキ科の落葉高木で，街路樹または庭園樹として広く植えられている。高さ30mに達し，幹には樹皮が広い薄片としてはげたあとの不規則な模様ができる。葉は互生し，長さ3～8cmの葉柄の基部が冬芽を包み，また鞘（さや）状の早落性托葉がある。葉身は幅10～20cm，手のひら状に5～7の深い切れ込みができ，裂片の縁に少数の歯牙がある。5月，雄花と雌花がそれぞれ別の球形の頭状花序をなし，長い柄で3～6個ずつ総状に垂れる。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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