• Scientific Name: Acer fabri Hance
• Ref: J. Bot. 22:76. 1884
• English Common Name: Faber’s maple
• Chinese Common Name: 罗浮枫 Luófú fēng, 罗浮槭 Luófú qì, 红翅槭 hóngchì∙qì, 蝴蝶果 húdié∙guǒ (dried fruit)
• Family: Sapindaceae
• Genus: Acer
• Distribution: Mixed forests, valleys; 500-2000 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan [Vietnam].
• Photo: 05/11/2013

Trees small, usually ca. 1 m tall, andromonoecious. Bark brownish gray. Branchlets slender, glabrous. Leaves persistent; petiole 1-1.5 cm, slender, glabrous; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green, oblong, lanceolate, oblong-oblanceolate, or elliptic, 4-11 × 2-3.5 cm, leathery, abaxially glabrous, rarely with tufts of hairs at vein axils, adaxially glabrous, midvein raised, lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs, base acuminate or obtuse, undivided, margin entire, apex acuminate or shortly acuminate. Inflorescence erect, paniculate, glabrous or pubescent. Sepals 5, oblong, slightly pubescent. Petals 5, purple, obovate, shorter than sepals. Stamens 8, glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Fruiting pedicel 1-1.5 cm, slender, pubescent or glabrous. Fruit brownish yellow when mature; nutlets convex, ca. 5 mm in diam.; wing red, including nutlet 2.5-4.8 cm × 8-10 mm, wings spreading obtusely. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Sep. (Flora of China)