Sycamore

Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning .

Species of otherwise unrelated trees known as sycamore:

• Acer pseudoplatanus, a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia
• Ficus sycomorus, the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible; a species of fig, also called the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa
• Platanus orientalis, chinar tree (Old World sycamore)

• Some North American members of the genus Platanus, including
• Platanus occidentalis, the American sycamore
• Platanus racemosa, the California sycamore or western sycamore
• Platanus wrightii, the Arizona sycamore
• Platanus mexicana, the Mexican sycamore
• In Australia, there are numerous trees which have the common name "sycamore":
• Litsea reticulata or Cryptocarya glaucescens (silver sycamore)
• Polyscias elegans (white sycamore)
• Cryptocarya obovata (white sycamore)
• Ceratopetalum succirubrum (satin sycamore)
• Cardwellia sublimis
• Cryptocarya hypospodia (bastard sycamore)
• Ceratopetalum virchowii (pink sycamore)
• Ceratopetalum corymbosum (mountain sycamore)

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