Eleutherococcus henryi Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Eleutherococcus

Characteristics

Shrubs, to 3 m tall. Branches densely and roughly pubescent when young, soon glabrescent, with scattered, stout prickles, compressed in cross-section, oriented downward (sometimes lacking on pressed specimens). Petiole 4-7 cm, densely hirsute; petiolules 3-6 mm or leaflets subsessile; leaflets (3-)5, elliptic or oblanceolate, 6-12 × 3-5 cm, papery, abaxially pubescent on veins, adaxially ± scabrous-pubescent, secondary veins 6-8 pairs, conspicuous, base narrowly cuneate, margin serrate apically, apex acute or acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, a panicle of umbels, borne on leafy shoots, with several umbels, glabrous or slightly pubescent; peduncles 1.5-3.5 cm; pedicels 0.7-1.5 cm. Calyx with 5 teeth, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Ovary 2-5-carpellate; styles united into a column. Fruit black at maturity, ellipsoid-globose, ca. 8 mm; styles persistent, ca. 2 cm, slender. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Sep-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-6

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Eleutherococcus henryi unspecified picture

Distribution

Eleutherococcus henryi world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90419-1
WFO ID wfo-0000948076
COL ID 398WX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Acanthopanax henryi Eleutherococcus henryi

Lower taxons

Eleutherococcus henryi var. henryi Eleutherococcus henryi var. faberi