Acer tutcheri

Tutcher’s maple is in the soapberry or Sapindaceae family and is native to the southern provinces of China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, south Hunan, south Jiangxi, Taiwan and south Zhejiang). It is a small tree, reaching up to 15 m in height.

• Bark is brown; branchlets are grayish, glabrous, winter buds ovoid.
• Leaves are deciduous, simple, opposite, hairless, thin, papery, to 9 cm long and 13 cm across, with 3 lobes (occasionally 5), lobes triangular-ovate, margins with teeth, sharp-pointed, petiole is greenish, 2-3 cm long, slender, glabrous; autumn colour is yellow.
• Plant is andromonoecious (having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant).
• Fruit is a yellowish winged double samara, 2–2.5 cm long, glabrous; nutlets are oblong, wings spreading obtusely.