{{Short description|Species of maple}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Speciesbox |image = Acer acuminatum - Tapering Leaf Maple on way from Gangria to Hemkund at Valley of Flowers National Park - during LGFC - VOF 2019 (4).jpg |image_caption = |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Chen, Y. |author2=Gibbs, D. |author3=Oldfield, S. |year=2018 |title=''Acer acuminatum'' |article-number=e.T193514A2240864 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T193514A2240864.en}}</ref> |genus = Acer |parent = Acer sect. Arguta |species = acuminatum |authority = [[Wall.]] ex [[D.Don]] 1825 |synonyms_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2615357|title=Acer acuminatum Wall. ex D.Don — The Plant List|website=www.theplantlist.org|access-date=7 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=tammy/> |synonyms = * ''Acer caudatum'' <small>G. Nicholson 1881 not Wall. 1831</small> * ''Acer sterculiaceum'' <small>K. Koch 1869 not Wall. 1830</small> }}
'''''Acer acuminatum''''' is an Asian species of [[maple]] native to the Himalayas and neighboring mountains in Tibet, [[Kashmir]], northern India, Nepal, and Pakistan.<ref name=tammy>{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242420071|title=Acer acuminatum in Flora of China @ efloras.org|website=www.efloras.org|access-date=7 April 2023}}</ref>
''Acer acuminatum'' is a multi-stemmed tree up to 10 meters tall. It is dioecious, meaning that male and female flowers form on separate plants. Leaves are up to 12 across, each with 3 or 5 lobes.<ref name=tammy/> The apexes of its leaves are both [[Glossary of leaf shapes|caudate]] and [[acuminate]]. Its [[infructescence]] ranges from 12 to 20 centimeters long.<ref>{{cite journal | last=CHEN | first=You-Sheng | title=Two newly recorded species of Acer (Aceraceae) in China | journal=Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica| volume=45 | issue=3 | year=2007 | issn=0529-1526 | doi=10.1360/aps050172 | page=337}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{PFAF|Acer acuminatum}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q12234030}} [[Category:Maple|acuminatum]] [[Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent]] [[Category:Flora of Tibet]] [[Category:Dioecious plants]] [[Category:Plants described in 1825]]
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