Nikko maple
acer maximowiczianum latin

Nikko maple is a tree.

Acer maximowiczianum (Nikko maple; syn.

Hot water extract of bark of Nikko maple (Acer nikoense) induces apoptosis in leukemia cells.

Miquel pointed out that his Negundo nikoense was actually a different plant to the maple Maximowicz had intended to describe, and therefore gave the Nikko Maple a new name, honouring Maximowicz in the process.

Nikko Maple was first introduced to cultivation in 1881, when seeds were imported by the Veitch Nurseries in England, after they were discovered by Charles Maries in the forests of Hokkaidō.

Propagation of Acer griseum is somewhat difficult as seeds have the same parthenocarpic tendencies as those of Acer maximowiczianum.