Purpleblow Maple, Shantung Maple                        A-ser trun-KA-tum

• Deciduous tree, 20-30 ft (6-9 m) tall, similar spread, bark tinged with purple when young, rough and fissured when older.  Leaves 7-10 cm wide, 5-7 triangular-shaped lobes, basal lobes drawn out, base sometimes truncated, dark green above, paler below, fall color yellow to reddish, new leaves purplish; milky sap exuded when petiole broken.  Flowers yellow-green, in 6-8 cm wide, upright clusters (corymbs).  Fruit (samaras) 3-4 cm long, forming about a 90^o angle.
• Sun to part shade.  A relatively tough tree, heat tolerant.  Promoted as tree with good fall color in warm areas.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4         Native to the forests of northern China (used as a street tree) and Korea and the Amur region of Siberia in Russia.