>>2569734>the tree they plant in london they call the "plane tree" is actually just the american sycamoreTechnically, the "London Plane" is thought to be a hybrid between the oriental plane (Platanus orientalis), native to Asia and the Balkans, and the American plane or "Sycamore" (P. occidentalis). BTW, "sycamore," which literally means "fig-mulberry" in Greek, originally referred to a variety of fig (Ficus sycomorus, the "sycamore" of the Bible), and now in British English usually refers to the sycamore maple or mock-plane (Acer pseudoplatanus), also called the great or Scottish maple (in contradistinction to the much smaller field maple, which is more common in England).
