Aralia decaisneana Hance

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Aralia

Characteristics

Shrubs, to 3 m tall, andromonoecious. Branches with needlelike prickles. Leaves 2-pinnately compound, with a pair of accessory leaflets at each division of rachis; petiole 20-40 cm, pubescent, with sparse prickles; petiolules 0.5-3(-8) mm; leaflets 7-13 per pinna, ovate to broadly ovate or oblong-ovate, 6-15 × 3-10 cm, leathery, abaxially yellow-brown tomentose, especially on veins, adaxially pubescent or strigose, secondary veins 6-8 pairs, base rounded, rarely subcordate, margin crenate to serrulate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of umbels, densely fulvous-tomentose, unarmed; primary axis 0-5 cm; secondary axes 30-50(-60) cm; ultimate axes with a terminal umbel of bisexual flowers and 1 to several lateral umbels of male flowers; bracts persistent, linear, 0.8-1.5 cm, densely tomentose; umbels 30-50-flowered; pedicels 4.5-7 mm, tomentose. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles 5, free. Fruit globose, 3-4 mm in diam.; styles persistent, recurved. Fl. Oct-Jan, fr. Dec-Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality andromonoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 2.75 - 3.5
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Flower color
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 11-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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Distribution

Aralia decaisneana world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:89617-1
WFO ID wfo-0000256892
COL ID G4RW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aralia decaisneana