Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Eleutherococcus

Characteristics

Shrubs, to 4 m tall, sometimes climbers. Branches glabrous, with few, slender, terete prickles generally at nodes. Petiole 3-10 cm; petiolule of central leaflet 3-6 mm; leaflets (3-)5, oblong, oblanceolate, or lanceolate, rarely obovate, 6-14 × 2.5-6 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous (rarely abaxially pubescent when young, glabrescent), secondary veins 6-10 pairs, base cuneate, margin sharply biserrate, apex acuminate or long acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, a corymbose panicle of umbels or a solitary umbel, borne on leafy shoots; peduncles 0.6-10 cm; pedicels 1-2 cm, glabrous. Calyx with 5 teeth, glabrous. Corolla yellowish green. Ovary 5-carpellate, glabrous; styles united into a column. Fruit ovoid-globose, 5-7 mm in diam.; styles persistent, 1-1.2 cm. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Aug-Nov.
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A shrub. It grows 4 m tall. It can be a climber. The branches have a few prickles. The leaves have 5 leaflets that are oblong and 6-14 cm long by 3-6 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.5 - 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on the edges of forests and in valleys between 100-3,200 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Scrub fields, forests, forest margins in valleys; at elevations from 100-3,200 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-6

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus unspecified picture

Distribution

Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90424-1
WFO ID wfo-0000948091
COL ID 398X8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Acanthopanax leucorrhizus Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus Acanthopanax leucorrhizus f. angustifoliatus

Lower taxons

Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus var. axillaritomentosus Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus var. fulvescens Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus var. leucorrhizus Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus var. scaberulus Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus var. brevipedunculatus