London Plane
Scientific name: Platanus x hispanica Mill. ex Münchh. (= Platanus occidentalis L. x Platanus orientalis L.)
Diagnostic features
Tree to 44m.
Bark with conspicuous large peeling plates.
Leaves with hollow petiole-base concealing axillary bud, with sharply pointed leaf-lobes.
Fruits in spherical pendent clusters 2-3.5cm across, breaking up in spring.
Chromosome number: (2n=16, 42).
Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.
Distribution
Abundantly planted as street and park tree, especially in South England, and often producing seedlings.
This hybrid is keyed out at Page 1653: Platanaceae, Platanus and other families and Page 3743: Platanacea (Platanus) and other families in the Text Key.
Note
Of uncertain horticultural origin; either of above parentage or a variant of Platanus orientalis. |
