Talk:Acer pseudoplatanus

Oscillants
The section on oscillants is not specific in any way to sycamore (apart from the random fact that the images are of a sycamore with oscillants). This material is already published in the article on oscillants. It therefore seems inappropriate to include it in again this article on Acer pseudoplatanus, and I therefore suggest deletion of this section. Plantsurfer (talk) 11:23, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * It was not verified so I removed it. --Melburnian (talk) 23:18, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Poisonous?
Have read in the newspapers that the seeds/fruits are poisonous to horses (and possibly to other animals but have not yet found any reference.Osborne 18:04, 8 November 2014 (UTC) Poison - "hypoglycin A"Osborne 18:10, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

that is correct
The seeds of some trees of the genus acer contain a toxin that causes a fatal muscle disease in horses.

In the US, this disease is called Seasonal Pasture Myopathy, and results from ingestion of the seeds of the elder box tree (acer negundo). http://www.cvm.umn.edu/umec/lab/SPM/home.html

In the UK, the disease has traditionally been referred to as Atypical Myopathy, and is linked to the seeds of the sycamore tree. http://www.beva.org.uk/news-and-events/news/view/349?dm_i=L78,18XIJ,31CC48,482H5,1

Leonmartens (talk) 19:03, 22 October 2015 (UTC)


 * The correct name is Box elder. Plant surfer  19:35, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Acer negundo (box elder) it is important to use the latin names (as in Acer psudoplatanus) as it establishes that the poisoning form seeds and seedlings is associated with the Maple genus. Some investigation of at least two other maples to see if they carry lesser amounts of poison has been carried out. String tree (talk) 07:10, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Corrupt external link?
My computer puts up full blown danger warnings when I try to access the External link to University of Connecticut's Acer pseudoplatanus page. Do I have a paranoid virus checker, or is this an unsafe link? Plant surfer 20:30, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Mine doesn't like it either. We can get rid of it, and probably the other external links too. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:37, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Probably for the best to remove all of them - they add nothing. Plant surfer  20:47, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Propose merger of Acer pseudoplatanus 'Pendulum' into Acer pseudoplatanus
There is a weak article, Acer pseudoplatanus 'Pendulum' that contains material referring to an extinct cultivar. Is there any justification for keeping this as a separate article? I propose that any useful content in it should be merged into Acer pseudoplatanus. Plant surfer 20:30, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:38, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

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