Scientific Name:
Platanus orientalis
Pronunciation:
PLAT-uh-nus or-ee-un-TAY-liss
Common Name:
oriental plane tree, oriental sycamore
Family Name:
Platanaceae
Plant Type:
Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, ovate, 12-27cm long x 10-25cm wide, maple-like with 5 major lobes (sinuses and teeth more pronounced than in London plane); female flowers green-red, in pendulous ~2cm round spheres, usually 3-4(-6) per peduncle. Winter ID: bark exfoliating, looks like army camouflage; branches zig-zag; achenes clustered to form 2-3cm wide fuzzy ball, most in groups 3-4(-6); buds red, smooth, 5mm long.
Habit:
Irregular, Open, Spreading
Form:
Columnar, Round
Texture:
Coarse
Mature Height:
15 - 22m
Mature Spread:
15 - 25m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
Central / west Asia, Europe, South Asia / India
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Shade tree, Specimen plant, Street (boulevard tree)
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple, Lobed
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Palmate venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Colour in Fall:
Yellow, Brown
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Cordate, Truncate
Margins:
Dentate, Palmately lobed
Inflorescence Type:
Spike, Head-like
Flower Morphology:
Monoecious plant
Number Of Petals:
0
Colour (petals):
Showy, Green, Red
Flower Time at Peak:
May
Fruit Type:
Achene, Multiple fruit
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Sep, Oct
Additional Info:
Not showy, Locally, the round cluster of achenes often fall off the tree as a unit so some consider them a multiple fry fruit example
Bark Morphology:
Showy, Exfoliating, Smooth
Bark or Stem Colour:
White, Grey, Olive, Tan
Leaf Bud Type:
Ovoid
Propagation:
Seed, Hardwood cuttings
Maintenance:
High
Pest Susceptibility:
Anthracnose, Canker or sap rot, Caterpillar or cutworm, Fungal leaf spot, Mildew, Mites, Stem borer insects (Deer resistant)
