Botanic Garden >> Gardening > >> Houseplants >> Plants for Details >> Japanese Maples

Ryuzu Japanese Maple: A Unique Cultivar with Dragon Head Foliage

Ryuzu Japanese Maple

Ryuzu is a Japanese maple cultivar (Acer palmatum) also known as Tatsu gashira. Its name translates to "Dragon Head," referring to its distinctive leaf shape. This cultivar adds a mythical touch to the landscape with its unique foliage.

Plant Details

Family:	Sapindaceae (sap-in-DAY-see-ee)
Genus:	Acer (AY-ser)
Species:	palmatum (pahl-MAY-tum)
Cultivar:	Ryuzu
Additional Info:	aka Tatsu gashira

Japanese Maples: Japanese Maple 'Butterfly': Variegated Foliage Resembling Fluttering Wings; Japanese Maple 'Shishigashira': The Lion's Head with Curled, Crinkled Foliage; Japanese Maple 'Nicholsonii': Deeply Cut Purple-Red, Also Atrodissectum; Japanese Maple 'Nuresagi': Wet Heron with Dark Purple-Red Foliage; Japanese Maple 'Okushimo': Upright Green with Crinkled Leaves, Also Crispum; Japanese Maple 'Seicha': Green Tea Variegation, Also Aocha Nishiki; Japanese Maple 'Shindeshojo': Brilliant Spring Scarlet, Also Shin deshojo; Japanese Maple 'Matsuyoi': Evening Twilight with Variegated Foliage; Japanese Maple 'Trompenburg': Upright Red with Rolled Leaf Margins; Japanese Maple 'Kasagiyama': Kasagi Mountain with Variegated Foliage

Garden Articles

Japanese Maple 'Nomura': Classic Red with Many Synonyms

Japanese Maple 'Karasugawa': Crow River with Variegated Pink and White

Japanese Maple 'Kashima': Chiba Dwarf with Small Green Leaves

Japanese Maple 'Ki hachijo': Yellow Hachijo with Gold Variegation

Japanese Maple 'Suminagashi': Ink Floating with Deep Purple-Red Foliage

Japanese Maple 'Chitoseyama': Thousand-Year Mountain with Red Foliage

Japanese Maple 'Okagami': Mirror-Like Reflection

Plants

Corallinum Japanese Maple: A Spring Fire Cultivar with Many Synonyms

Saoshika Japanese Maple: A Cultivar Also Known as Ogashika

Seigai Japanese Maple: A Bonfire of Color

'Aureo-Variegatum' Japanese Maple: Golden Variegation Since the 1950s

'Tatoo' Japanese Maple: Dwarf Variegated Gem for Containers

Japanese Maple 'Ryusen' (Weeping Form)

Japanese Maple 'Hessei' (Syn. Atropurpureum Lacinatum)