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Eleutherococcus
sieboldianus
formerly
Acanthopanax
sieboldianus |
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Fiveleaf Aralia |
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Japan |
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Upright growing
shrub, with arching branches with prickles, forming a rounded
outline. It has a suckering habit of growth. |
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8-10 feet tall with a similar spread |
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Plants are
dioecious. Flowers are greenish-white, borne in
an umbel, 1 inch across, in June-July and
are not showy. |
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Leaves are
alternate, palmately compound with 5
(occasionally 7) leaflets, each being 1-1˝
inches long, glossy bright green in color, with a
crenate-serrate margin and an acute tip.
Petioles are long, up to 4 inches in length. |
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Fall color is
nonexistent, or a poor yellow-green. |
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Stems are light
brown, warty, with a single (occasionally
double) prickle, to ˝ inch long, below each
leaf scar. |
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Fruit is a 2-5
seeded black drupe, ripening in September |
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Named for plant
explorer,
Philip von Siebold |
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