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Fatsia japonica Decne. & Planch.

Paperplant (en), Aralie d'intérieur (fr), Fatsie du Japon (fr), Aralia du Japon (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Fatsia

Characteristics

Shrubs, to ca. 5 m tall. Young branches, leaves, and inflorescences densely woolly tomentose, later glabrescent. Petiole 10-30 cm; leaf blade nearly orbicular, (5-)7-9(-11) cm wide, leathery, with 7-9 deeply cleft, narrowly ovate-elliptic lobes, both surfaces glabrous, base cordate to truncate-cordate, margin crenate to crenate-serrate, teeth rounded to blunt, apex acuminate. Inflorescence a panicle of umbels; primary axis 20-40 cm; peduncles 10-15 cm; umbels 3-4 cm in diam., with numerous flowers; pedicels 1-1.5 cm. Calyx rim indistinctly denticulate. Petals ovate, 3-4 mm. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles 5, free, ca. 1.5 mm. Fruit globose, ca. 5 mm in diam. Fl. Oct-Nov, fr. Feb-May. 2n = 24, 48.
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Shrub or small tree up to 2-(4) m high. Stems softly hairy when young, becoming glabrous when mature; lf scars prominent. Lvs softly hairy when young, particularly below, glabrous on both surfaces when mature, alternate, broadly ovate to suborbicular, cordate, (3)-5-10-palmately lobed to c. 1/2-⅔ radius, c. (6)-15-60 cm long; lobes acute to acuminate, usually finely serrate, sometimes entire or coarsely serrate; petioles softly hairy when young, glabrous when mature, (5)-10-50 cm long. Infl. a terminal raceme or panicle of numerous-flowered globose umbels, finely hairy; petals white, c. 2.5-3 mm long. Fr. black, 5-8 mm diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality andromonoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.25 - 3.25
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 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 c3

Environment

Light 2-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses environmental use food material medicinal ornamental
Edible -
Therapeutic use Expectorant (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Fatsia japonica leaf picture by Tina McLean (cc-by-sa)
Fatsia japonica leaf picture by Olivier Maman (cc-by-sa)
Fatsia japonica leaf picture by Sibil Little (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Fatsia japonica flower picture by Meg Corbett (cc-by-sa)
Fatsia japonica flower picture by Claude Levi (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Fatsia japonica world distribution map, present in China, Japan, New Zealand, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90496-1
WFO ID wfo-0000966907
COL ID 3DVXK
BDTFX ID 26489
INPN ID 97976
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Dimorphanthus japonicus Echinopanax japonicus Aralia japonica Fatsia japonica var. lobulata Fatsia japonica var. liukiuensis Aralia sieboldii Fatsia japonica
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