Aralia foliolosa Seem.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs or treelets, 1.5-10 m tall, andromonoecious. Branches with short prickles. Leaves (2 or)3-pinnately compound, with a pair of accessory leaflets at each division of rachis; petiole glabrous, with recurved prickles; petiolules (0-)0.5-3 mm; leaflets 5-11 per pinna, ovate to elliptic, 3.5-11 × 2.5-5 cm, papery to leathery, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins 6-9 pairs, abaxially conspicuous, reticulate veins inconspicuous on both sides, slightly impressed adaxially, base rounded to subcordate, margin serrulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence a large, terminal panicle of umbels, glabrous, with short prickles; primary axis to ca. 100 cm; secondary axes 30-40 cm; ultimate axes with a terminal umbel of bisexual flowers and several lateral umbels of male flowers; bracts persistent, narrowly oblong, to 4.5 cm; umbels 7-15-flowered; pedicels 5-13 mm, glabrous. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles 5, united basally, free apically. Fruit globose to ovoid-globose, 3-3.5 mm in diam.; styles persistent, recurved. Fl. Sep-Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Aralia foliolosa world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:89645-1
WFO ID wfo-0000257347
COL ID G4SW
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Synonyms

Aralia foliolosa Aralia lantsangensis Panax foliolosus Aralia foliolosa var. sikkimensis