Plant Finder | Acer palmatum - Japanese Maple

a red maple bonsai in fall color — Photo: Sarah Schmidt. © 2024 Brooklyn Botanic Garden

red-leaved Japanese maple branches — Photo: Michael Stewart. © 2024 Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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A bonsai tree with green leaves on one side and reddish leaves on the other is displayed in a pot on a wooden table. — Photo: Jeremy Weine. © 2025 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 20000882-A

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Taxon Details: Acer palmatum

Acer palmatum

Common Name: Japanese Maple
Family: Sapindaceae

Specimens

Accession: 20000881-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display. On Display
Bonsai Style: Forest
Bonsai History: Shaped by Waldo Hutchins 1987
Gift of Waldo Hutchins
Bonsai Number: 1353
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: 20000882-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display. On Display
Bonsai Style: Group
Bonsai History: Shaped by Lynn Porter 1974
Gift of Waldo Hutchins
Bonsai Number: 1354
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: 20000883-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Cascade
Bonsai History: Growing since c. 1985
Gift of Waldo Hutchins
Bonsai Number: 1355
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: 20010213-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: 20020469-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Twin Trunk
Bonsai History: Shaped by Stanley Chinn 1974
Bonsai Number: 1424
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: 20040540-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display. On Display
Bonsai Style: Forest
Bonsai History: Acquired 2004
Gift of Dan & Paula Chiplis
Bonsai Number: 1427
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: 20061019-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style
Bonsai History: Shaped by Phil Tacktill 1986
Bonsai Number: 1431
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: 250013-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Informal Upright
Bonsai History: Growing since c. 1895
Coe Bonsai Collection
Bonsai Number: 35
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: 720207-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Forest
Bonsai History: Growing since c. 1958
Lukins Bonsai Collection
Bonsai Number: 205
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: 720210-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Rock-Clasping Clump
Bonsai History: Growing since c. 1937
Lukins Bonsai Collection
Bonsai Number: 208
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: 870297-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Group
Bonsai History: Shaped by Kazuo Fujii 1987
Bonsai Number: 1138
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: 990545-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style
Bonsai History: Acquired 1999
Bonsai Number: 1310
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: 990546-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style
Bonsai History: Acquired 1999
Bonsai Number: 1311
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession: X00385-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Informal Upright
Bonsai History: Growing since c. 1948
Bonsai Number: 33
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X00393-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Informal Upright
Bonsai History: Growing since c. 1938
Bonsai Number: 56
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X00443-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Informal Upright
Bonsai History: Growing since c. 1948
Bonsai Number: 201
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X00456-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Informal Upright
Bonsai History
Bonsai Number: 247
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X00747-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Informal Upright
Bonsai History: Shaped since 1972
Bonsai Number: 863
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X00917-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Informal Upright
Bonsai History: Shaped by Kazuo Fujii 1973
Bonsai Number: 1203
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X01020-A
Collection: Rock Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X01924-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X01925-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X01926-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X01927-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X01928-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X01929-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X01931-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X01932-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X01954-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X01961-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X02089-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X02090-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X02123-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X02125-A
Collection: Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X02760-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display. On Display
Bonsai Style: Informal Upright
Bonsai History
Bonsai Number: 1387
Provenance: Origin uncertain

Accession: X02761-A
Collection: Bonsai Collection Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.
Bonsai Style: Forest
Bonsai History
Bonsai Number: 1388
Provenance: Origin uncertain

*Note: Plants in the Bonsai Collection rotate through public display.