Acer tataricum

Tartar maple or Tatar maple (Acer tataricum) are in the soapberry or Sapindaceae family and are widespread across central and southeastern Europe and temperate Asia, from Austria and Turkey east as far as Japan and the Russian Far East.

Some botanists treat Amur maple (Acer ginnala) as a subspecies of Tartar maple, referring to it as Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala.

Amur maple is native to the Amur Region in eastern Siberia which is bounded in the south by the Amur River, serving as the boundary between Russia and China for thousands of kilometers, eventually draining north into the Sea of Okhotsk near Sakhalin Island, Russia.

• Tartar maple has matte, unlobed or only shallowly lobed leaves, while Amur maple has glossy, deeply lobed leaves.

• Leaves are opposite, simple, double-serrate, unlobed, 5–10 cm long.
• Fruit is a double samara, up to 2.5 cm long, re colour, rounded tip, angle close to 45°.