London Planetree - Platanus acerifolia

[Fireluv007]

I have a London Planetree, fully grown in the area where I want to build my outdoor enclosure for my RT. Looked it up on google, and the only thing I could find is that the seed/pollen is an irritant to some people, and squirrels/birds like eating the seeds. No part of it is poisonous/toxic, as far as I can tell.

It does lose all it's leaves in the fall, so was wondering if the fallen leaves would be okay for my RT to eat?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Yvonne G]

I found a site that's telling us not to allow the red maple to be anywhere near the horse pasture, and if you scroll down, a picture of a London Planetree leaf is included. I don't know if that means they are in the red maple family and as such toxic, but just reading this would make me not want it near my animals:

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/horses/facts/06-109.htm

 

[Fireluv007]

Yeah, I knew Maples were toxic, but Maples are often confused with London Planetrees - they have the same looking leaf, but aren't related. The London Plane tree is in the same family as the American Sycamore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_×_hispanica

 

[arjepm06]

Yeah, maple was known as toxic fruit, and it was belonged to the London's trees. However, there are many kinds of this tree. For more information, check this out, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple.