10 Graines Érable américain, Érable négondo, Acer negundo

Froke leaves, Negondo maple, Acer Negundo |

Themaple negundo or Negondo maple (Acer Negundo) is a plant species of the family of Aceraceae. This maple about ten meters high is from the east of theNorth America. It is also called maple to Giguère, perhaps by deformation of the name " Argilière maple " used by the French ofIllinois, in 1814. It is sometimes called Aurable maple leaves, American maple or maple with compound leaves. This little interesting essence for its wood has been introduced on other continents as an ornamental arbre for parks and gardens.

It turned out to be locally invasive.

10 seeds - Sowing: Cold stratification for 40 to 90 days 

Tree 10 to 15 m high on average with a trunk about 30 to 50 cm in diameter with very rapid growth. The bark varies from beige to gray. It is smooth on young trees and then creates with age. The branches are rigid, olive green sometimes tinged with purple or brown, of a little waxy appearance. The buds are ovoid, 3 to 6 mm long. Its root system is superficial, it is therefore easily uprooted in the event of winds, and generally does not exceed the age of 80 years.

The leaves are opposite, imparipennated (which constitutes an originality among the maple), from 3 to 5 acuminate oval leaflets and half of which is deotted in saw in an irregular manner sometimes even lobed. The terminal leaflet is wider than the others and can be trilotic. The upper side is green to yellowish and glabrous, the underside is paler, often pubescent in the ribs. The petiole 6 to 8 cm long is slim, often pubescent, with an enlarged crescent -based.

Food : The Amerindians boiled his sap elaborated to obtain a maple syrup or sugar. The sap is harvested from a bleeding made in the bark of elderly subjects at least fifteen years.

Traditional medicine : Phelloderme could be infused and taken to cause vomiting.

Ritual uses : Wood was burned like incense in ceremonies, like the Dance of the Sun in the Cheyennes. Some tribes, such as Dakotas and Omahas, used his charcoal to make ritual paintings and tattoos. Wood was used to make bowls or musical instruments for example.

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