Acer Shirasawanum Aureum -- Golden Full Moon Japanese Maple (Center) (Fullmoon Maple; Japanese: オオイタヤメイゲツ ooitayameigetsu); Acer Palmatum Shaina -- Shaina Japanese Maple (Left) ; Acer Palmatum Dissectum Baldsmith -- Baldsmith Japanese Maple (Right). This picture demonstrates three of the several different leaf shapes of Japanese Maples. The Shaina to the left is a Palmatum which is the common leaf form that many associate with Japanese maples. The center is a Shirasawanum leaf which is fan shaped with eleven points and the seeds form on stalks that hang over the top of the leaf, rather than below the leaf like most maples. The seeds on the Shirasawanum are a reddish pink hanging above the leaf which makes a great contrasting display and from a distance has a flower-like appearance. The Baldsmith to the right is a Dissectum which has a deeply divided leaf that hangs downward giving the tree a lacey appearance and is commonly called a lace-leaf maple.