Platanus

Location: ✨gemini
Location: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Location: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Location: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Location: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Location: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Location: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

Flower name
Platanus
Scientific name
Platanus
Aliasスズカケノキ, Platanus, 鈴懸の木, モミジバスズカケノキ, 紅葉葉鈴掛の木, プラタナスの木
Place of originWestern Asia and southeastern Europe　
Place of floweringBotanical Gardens, Park, Streets, Planting
Flowering seasonApril, May
Language of flowers“Genius” and “Curiosity"

What is Platanus

Birth flowers for Dec 23

December 23rd’s birth flowers are
Plane Tree (Platanus) and
Cattleya (scientific name: Cattleya).

“A Letter of Fallen Leaves”

~ 🍂 The Story of the Plane Tree ~
Story by Copilot

“Thank you. Your shadow was my place to belong” by a boy.
Plane Tree, photo by Mizuho, text by Gemini

On a tree-lined street in a certain town,
stood a large plane tree.
In spring it sprouted, in summer it gave shade,
and in autumn it danced with golden leaves.
Year after year, it watched over the growth of a boy.
On days of worry and days of joy,
the boy always sat beneath the tree, gazing at the sky.
But one winter, the boy had to move to a distant town.
On the morning of his departure,
a single leaf lay quietly at the tree’s roots.
It was the last leaf the boy had picked up.

On its back, these words were written:
“Thank you. Your shadow was my place to belong.”

Even when spring came,
that leaf did not blow away with the wind.
It stayed quietly at the roots,
as if the promise between the tree and the boy remained there.

The flower language of the plane tree is “Genius” and “Curiosity.”
But I feel like calling it “Guardian of Memories.” 🍁

Platanus

Platanus (Scientific name: Platanus L.) is a generic term for deciduous broad-leaved trees of the Sycamore family. As the leaves grow big and shady, Platanus, Toshinoki, elm, shinnaki are regarded as the four largest trees in the world. In Suzukenoki genus there is Suzukenoki (scallion tree, Scientific name: Platanus orientalis), American Suzukakeoki (Amiri Suzuka no Tree, Scientific name: Platanus occidentalis), Momiji Bus Takeoki (Autumn leaf leaves Suzuki no ki, Scientific name: Platanus x acerifolia). Autumn leaves The Suzuka tree (P. x acerifolia) is a hybrid of American Suzuka no Tree (P. occidentalis) and Suzuka no Tree (P. orientalis). Flowers are both sexes and flower seeds, flowering in the spring, but because of high tree height and small flowers they do not draw their eyes. The male inflorescence is pale yellowish green with a flower diameter of about 1 cm, the female inflorescence is vermillion, the inflorescence diameter is about 1.5 cm, the pistil is red. It is a wind flower that scatter seeds by the wind.
The name Suzuka tree comes from the fruit hanging like a bell after falling leaves. The species name "acerifolia" has a leaf resembling a maple (acer ifolia), "orientalis" (in the east), "occidentalis" means (in the west). The number of hanging fruits is one in the P. occidentalis), one in the axis, two in the P. x acerifolia, three in the P. orientalis. It is considered the common name of the name. Because the fruit hangs like a bell in the Japanese name, "Genus Platanus" (Platanus) is a Latin "platys (large)" big leaf. A flower language is "genius". Ancient Greek genius philosopher Plato and others are talking about preaching philosophy in the plain of trees of Platanus.

Common name: Platanus,
Scientific name: Platanus L.,
aka: Sycamore , Plane Tree, Platanus orientalis, Platanus occidentalis, Platanus x acerifolia,
Place of origin: Asia Western to Southeastern part of Europe,
life type: deciduous broadleaves Takagi ,
Tree height: 10 to 30 m, leaf color: green → yellow, leaf shape: palm shape, leaf debris: saw tooth presence,
female and male shares, different sexes, crown: head flowers, flowering period: April to May, flower color: thin Yellow green,
fruit shape: spherical, fruit type: aggregate fruits, aggregate fruit diameter: 3.5 to 4 cm, fruit season: October to December,
use: street trees, park trees, materials are instruments.

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Plane Tree (Platanus)