Plants in Israel: Syrian Maple
Acer obtusifolium, Acer syriacum, Syrian Maple,
Hebrew: אדר סורי, Arabic: القيقب العريض الأوراق
| Scientific name: | Acer obtusifolium Sm. | |
| Synonym name: | Acer syriacum Boiss. et Schweinf | |
| English name: | Syrian Maple | |
| Hebrew/שם עברי: | אדר סורי | |
| Arabic/الاسم العربي: | القيقب العريض الأوراق | |
| Español: | Arce sirio | |
| 中文-Chinese: | 台湾三角槭 | |
| Family: | Aceraceae, אדריים |
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| Life form: | Phanerophyte, tree | |
| Leaves: | Opposite, entire | |
| Flowers: | Green | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Mediterranean maquis and forest | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Perennating |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Acer, “sharp, irritating, pungent”, in reference to the hardness of the wood, which the Romans used for spear shafts; the Latin name for the Maple tree; Akkadian arku “long, tall”.
obtusifolium, obtusus, “blunt, dull, obtuse”, folium, “leaf”; blunt leaved.
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