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Scientific name:	Bischofia javanica Blume
English name:	Autumn maple tree, red cedar
Common name:	Autumn maple, Double Ninth tree

Features:

Autumn maples are large, dioecious evergreen trees with russet colored bark, reddish heartwood, and smooth twigs. Their trifoliate leaves have long stalks that are about 5-10cm in length, with smaller leaves having shorter stalks. Their leaflets come in a variety of different shapes, including ovate, oblong, and elliptical, and are usually 6-12cm long and 5-7cm wide. Autumn maples have leaves with obtuse bases and acuminate apices; unisexual flowers that are small, yellowish-green, and apetalous; and globose drupes that are roughly 1cm in diameter and contain 3-4 seeds. A good tree for planting in gardens and along roadsides, Autumn maples flower between February and March. They are extremely useful trees, bearing edible fruit; heartwood that is good for construction; roots, bark, buds, leaves, and berries that can be used in herbal medicines; and leaves that can be used as a substitute for tea leaves.

Habitat:

Autumn maples are distributed on flatlands and in jungles at low and middle altitudes. They can be found in India, Indochina, Malaysia, Australia, Oceania, and Okinawa.