Acer monspessulanum Montpellier Maple
Family
Sapindaceae
Genus
Acer [A-ser]
Classical L. name, possibly from L. acer, hard or sharp, the wood once having been
used for writing tablets.(1)
Species
monspessulanum
Acer monspessulanum (Montpellier maple) is a species of maple native to the
Mediterranean region from Morocco and Portugal in the west, to Turkey, Syria, Lebanon,
and Israel in the east, and north to the Jura Mountains in France and the Eifel in
Germany.