Eleutherococcus brachypus Nakai

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Eleutherococcus

Characteristics

Shrubs, to ca. 2 m tall. Branches with few, short, recurved prickles at nodes, rarely unarmed. Petioles to 7 cm at bases of branches, gradually shorter apically; leaves nearly sessile toward apices of branches; petiolules very short, glabrous; leaflets 3-5, obovate-oblong to rhombic, 3-6 × 1-2.5 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins 3-5 pairs, base cuneate, margin entire or rarely with few teeth apically, apex rounded to obtuse. Inflorescence terminal, a simple or compound umbel, borne on leafy shoots, with 1-4 umbels; peduncles ca. 2 cm; pedicels 1-1.5 cm, glabrous. Calyx with 5 teeth, glabrous, rarely slightly pubescent. Corolla greenish. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles united into a column. Fruit subglobose, ca. 5 mm; styles persistent, ca. 2 cm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Sep-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Eleutherococcus brachypus world distribution map, present in Chile and China

Conservation status

Eleutherococcus brachypus threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90416-1
WFO ID wfo-0000948048
COL ID 398WM
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Acanthopanax brachypus Eleutherococcus brachypus

Lower taxons

Eleutherococcus brachypus var. brachypus