Acer platanoides een plant uit de zeepboomfamilie (Sapindaceae). De boom wordt tot 30 m hoog. De schors is donkergrijs en niet afbladderend, maar dikwijls wel overlangs gekerfd
Norway maple (maple species Acer platanoides), usually called simply vaahtera (“maple”), because it is the only maple species naturally occurring in Finland.
köken: Possibly a substratum word or more likely from a Vulgar Latin root *arciārium or *arceārius, itself probably from Latin acer (“maple tree”), or alternatively derived from or influenced by arcus (“bows”), as many bows were made from this wood.