Acer hyrcanum is a maple species sometimes referred to as Balkan maple. It grows in southeastern Europe and western Asia.The Book of Leaves: A Leaf-by-Leaf Guide to Six Hundred of the World's Great Trees Allen J. Coombes University of Chicago Press, Dec 10, 2014
Description Acer hyrcanum is a deciduous tree up to tall. Leaves are up to across, usually 5-lobed but occasionally with only 3 lobes, dark green on top, lighter green underneath because of a layer of wax. The flowers open in early spring and are greenish-yellow in color, arranged in short-stalked corymbs. The fruits are hairless samaras, up to long. The grayish-brown bark fissures irregularly when old.
Uses Most of the subspecies of Acer hyrcanum are grown in cultivation.
Subspecies List of subspecies of Acer hyrcanum: Acer hyrcanum subsp. hyrcanum - Armenia; Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran Acer hyrcanum subsp. intermedium (Pančić) Palam. - Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece Acer hyrcanum subsp. keckianum (Asch. & Sint. ex Pax) Yalt. - Turkey Acer hyrcanum subsp. reginae-amaliae (Orph. ex Boiss.) E.Murray - Greece Acer hyrcanum subsp. sphaerocaryum Yalt. - Turkey Acer hyrcanum subsp. stevenii (Pojark.) E.Murray - Crimea Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum (Boiss. & Balansa) Yalt. - Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
References
External links Henriette Kress, Henriette's Herbal Homepage: Acer hyrcanum — includes photos of the leaves of each of the subspecies.