Heteropanax fragrans Seem.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Heteropanax

Characteristics

Trees, to 30 m tall. Leaves 3-5-pinnately compound, 50-100 cm; petiole 15-450 cm, glabrous; leaflets opposite, subsessile or with petiolules to ca. 1 cm, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, (3-)5.5-13 × (1.5-)3.5-6 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous, lateral veins 6-10 pairs, distinct on both surfaces, base cuneate to rounded, margin entire, minutely revolute, apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescence densely ferruginous stellate tomentose, glabrescent; primary axis to 30 cm or more; secondary axes to 40 cm; peduncles to 9 cm; umbels of bisexual flowers 2-2.5 cm in diam., umbels of male flowers 1-1.5 cm in diam.; pedicels 4-8 mm, elongating in fruit. Fruit ovoid-globose to oblate or slightly didymous, weakly compressed laterally, 5-7 × 3-5 mm at maturity, 2-3 mm thick; styles persistent, ca. 2 mm; pedicels ca. 8 mm. Fl. Oct-Dec, fr. Feb-Apr.
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A tree. It grows 30 m tall. The leaves have 3 to 5 leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are 50-100 cm long and the leaflets are opposite. The leaflets are narrowly oval and 6-13 cm long by 4-6 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows near sea level and up to 1,000 m above sea level. In XTBG Yunnan.
Light 4-7
Soil humidity 2-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The young tender leaves are cooked with meat and fish.
Uses material medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Diarrhea (bark), Dysentery (bark), Jaundice (bark), Pruritus (bark), Jaundice (root)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Heteropanax fragrans world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90952-1
WFO ID wfo-0000981952
COL ID 6LSF7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Panax fragrans Heteropanax fragrans Heteropanax phanrangensis Aralia fragrans Heteropanax subcordata Heteropanax fragrans var. fragrans Heteropanax fragrans var. subcordata Heteropanax fragrans var. ferrugineus Heteropanax fragrans var. serrata