Acer acuminatum

{{Short description|Species of maple}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

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|image = Acer acuminatum - Tapering Leaf Maple on way from Gangria to Hemkund at Valley of Flowers National Park - during LGFC - VOF 2019 (4).jpg

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Chen, Y. |author2=Gibbs, D. |author3=Oldfield, S. |year=2018 |title=Acer acuminatum |page=e.T193514A2240864 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T193514A2240864.en}}

|genus = Acer

|parent = Acer sect. Arguta

|species = acuminatum

|authority = Wall. ex D.Don 1825

|synonyms_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|accessdate=7 April 2023}}

|synonyms =

• Acer caudatum G. Nicholson 1881 not Wall. 1831
• Acer sterculiaceum K. Koch 1869 not Wall. 1830

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Acer acuminatum is an Asian species of maple native to the Himalayas and neighboring mountains in Tibet, Kashmir, northern India, Nepal, and Pakistan.{{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}}

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. The apexes of its leaves are both caudate and acuminate. Its infructescence ranges from 12 to 20 centimeters long.{{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}}