Kalopanax Miq.

Castor aralia (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae

Characteristics

Trees, deciduous, hermaphroditic. Stems and branches often armed with prickles. Leaves simple, palmately lobed, borne on long and short shoots, margin serrate; stipules united with petiole, sheathing at base. Inflorescence a terminal, corymbose panicle of umbels, glabrous. Pedicels not jointed below ovary. Calyx shortly 5-toothed. Petals 5, valvate. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-carpellate; styles united at base, 2-cleft apically. Fruit a drupe, subglobose. Seeds flat; endosperm uniform.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Images

Kalopanax unspecified picture
Kalopanax unspecified picture

Distribution

Kalopanax world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3038-1
WFO ID wfo-4000019807
COL ID 8VYLL
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Synonyms

Kalopanax

Lower taxons

Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax lutchuensis