Japanese aralia
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The Japanese aralia ( Aralia elata ), also known as the Japanese angelica tree or devil's cane, is a species of plant in the Araliaceae family.
Description and ecology
Aralia elata grows as a deciduous, multi-stemmed large shrub or small tree . In the home areas it reaches heights of growth of up to 10 meters, in Central Europe only heights of 4 to 5 meters. It has few, thick branches with gray bark and twigs armed with thorns. The alternate leaves are up to 80 cm long and one to three-pinnate. In autumn the leaves show a reddish-yellow color and are then thrown off.
Aralia elata is Andromonöz . The terminal, upright, branched total inflorescence is composed of doldy partial inflorescences . The whitish, five-fold flowers are hermaphroditic or masculine, there are no purely feminine ones. There is only one circle with five stamens . Five carpels have become an ovary grown. Berry-like drupes form with a deep blue to black color when ripe, which are also eaten by birds in winter.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.
distribution
Aralia elata is originally native to Russia ( Eastern Siberia ), China ( Manchuria ), Japan and Korea . The Japanese aralia is cultivated in gardens and parks throughout the northern hemisphere .
Systematics
One can distinguish four varieties:
- Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem. var. elata : The homeland is China, Korea and Japan. She is a neophyte in the United States. The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.
- Aralia elata var. Inermis (Yanagita) J.Wen : The home is the Izu Islands in Japan.
- Aralia elata var. Mandshurica (Rupr. & Maxim.) J.Wen : The homeland is northern China, Korea and the Far Eastern Asian Russia.
- Aralia elata var. Ryukyuensis J.Wen : It occurs from the Nansei Islands to northwestern Taiwan.
use
The young leaf buds are a culinary preparation for spring in Japan. For example, they are baked in tempura . Young shoots are eaten cooked. Blanched, the leaves can be eaten as a salad. Medical effects were examined.
swell
- Qibai Xiang & Porter P. Lowry: Araliaceae : Aralia elata , p. 484 - online with the same text as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven & Deyuan Hong (eds.): Flora of China , Volume 13 - Clusiaceae through Araliaceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, 2007. ISBN 978-1-930723-59-7 (section description)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Aralia elata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ a b c d e Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Aralia - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on April 29, 2018.
- ^ A b Aralia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
- ^ Aralia elata at Plants For A Future
Web links
- Aralia elata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved January 14, 2014.