Taxon: Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem. var. elata

See other conspecific taxa:

• Aralia elata (no accessions)
• Aralia elata var. mandshurica (no accessions)

Common names:

• Chinese angelica-tree   (Source: J. Wen, pers. comm.) – English
  
• Japanese angelica-tree   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Japanese aralia   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• cong mu   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• angélique en arbre du Japon   (Source: UPOV ) – French
  
• japanische Aralie   (Source: UPOV ) – German
  
• tara-no-ki   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• dureupnamu   (Source: Gen Res Cr Ev 44:355) – Transcribed Korean
  
• parkaralia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann)
  
• Human food: vegetable   (fide Econ Bot 50:61, 66. 1996)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu [s.], Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong [n.], Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Korea
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2004. World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae.
• Wen, J. 2012. pers. comm. [re. common name].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

Synonyms:

• (=) Aralia chinensis var. glabrescens (Franch. & Sav.) C. K. Schneid.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Aralia chinensis var. mandshurica (Rupr. & Maxim.) Rehder
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Aralia elata f. aureovariegata (Rehder) Nakai
  
• (=) Aralia elata f. variegata (Rehder) Nakai
  
• (=) Aralia spinosa var. glabrescens Franch. & Sav.
  
• (≡) Dimorphanthus elatus Miq. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem. var. elata:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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