Maple can get confusing because of so many names and lumber which are called Maple and some are not even related or look like maple
What the British call sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), the Americans call maple, and what the Americans call sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) the British call lacewood.
Sycomore is the original name of a fig tree cultivated by Egyptians. A debate rages on if the Sycamore is native to England or brought there by the Romans. The "o" in the spelling is not a type mistake it is spelled with an "a" or an "o" depending were in the world you are.
The Kikuyu are the largest community in Kenya, where the African fig sycomore is a sacred tree. All sacrifices to Ngai, the supreme creator, were performed under the tree. Whenever the tree fell, it symbolized a bad omen and rituals had to be performed by elders in the society. Some of those ceremonies carried under the sycamore fig locally called the Mugumo tree are still observed to date
What the Australians call maple (actually Queensland maple, Flidersia braleyana) Although the tree is known as Queensland maple, the family Rutaceae is commonly known as the Rue or Citrus family, and the Queensland maple is more closely related to orange trees than to maple trees.
Then we have African Maple which has nothing to do with the Acer family of maples it is the Obeche (Triplochiton scleroxylon), tree.
Within the true maple family of trees there are a number of names.
Black Maple, Bush Maple, Great Maple, Hard Maple, Red Maple, Rock Maple, Silk Maple, Soft Maple , Sugar Maple, Sycamore Maple, Ash Maple, big leaf Maple, Box Elder maple. Then adding to the list depending on what the wood looks like and its figure we have curly maple, birdseye maple, tiger maple, ambrosia maple. We can also add several maples from Japan, China and Mexico. Even in North America you will find a range of Maples in Canada it is called Moose Wood which is striped, there is eastern silver Maple as white as Holly, on the west coast from Alaska to southern California you will find Oregon or broad leaf maple with deeper colors and figure than eastern maple.