Sycamore

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Sycamore is a name which is applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms.

• 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
• Acer pseudoplatanus, the sycamore of Britain and Ireland; a European maple tree, also called sycamore maple, great maple, or, inaccurately and leading to confusion, the plane tree in Scotland
• Platanus, the sycamores of North America, known as planes in Europe
  • Platanus occidentalis, the American sycamore
  • Platanus racemosa (California sycamore or western sycamore)
  • Platanus wrightii (Arizona sycamore)

This article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).