Aralia gintungensis C.Y.Wu

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Aralia

Characteristics

Shrubs or treelets, 1.5-12 m tall, andromonoecious. Branches densely yellow-brown tomentose, with sparse slender prickles 4-8 mm. Leaves 2-pinnately compound, with a pair of accessory leaflets at each division of rachis; petiole 10-27 cm, pubescent, unarmed or sparsely armed; petiolules 1-6 mm; leaflets 5-7 per pinna, elliptic to ovate, 2-12 × 1-5 cm, papery to subleathery, abaxially densely yellow-brown or gray tomentose, especially on veins, adaxially hirsute on veins, secondary veins 5-13 pairs, base obtuse to rounded, margin serrate to coarsely serrate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of umbels, densely yellow-brown tomentose, unarmed to sparsely armed at base; primary axis 15-25 cm; secondary axes to ca. 10 cm, with a terminal umbel of bisexual flowers and 1 to several lateral umbels of male flowers; bracts persistent, narrowly triangular, 1-2 cm; umbels 10-25-flowered; pedicels 5-8 mm, tomentose. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles 5, basally united, apically free. Fruit globose to subglobose, 3-3.5 mm in diam.; styles persistent, free arms reflexed. Fl. Jul-Nov, fr. Aug-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 12.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Aralia gintungensis world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:89653-1
WFO ID wfo-0000257482
COL ID G4TB
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Synonyms

Aralia gintungensis

Lower taxons

Aralia gintungensis var. gintungensis Aralia gintungensis var. multinervis