Zimmeraralie
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Lobed leaves and compound inflorescence of the common tree ( Fatsia japonica ) |
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The indoor aralia ( Fatsia japonica , syn .: Aralia japonica Thunb. , A. Sieboldii hort. Ex K. Koch ) is a plant species from the Araliaceae family. It comes from the laurel forest of Japan and occurs there as far as the Nansei Islands and the southern Korean peninsula . It has become overgrown in some tropical areas such as New Zealand and the Juan Fernández Islands .
description
Fatsia japonica forms evergreen shrubs that reach heights of between 3 and 6 meters. The trunk is strong with few branches. Young branches, leaves and inflorescences are woolly hairy. The spiral and alternate leaves are petiolate. The leathery, dark green leaf blade is deeply seven- to nine-lobed, usually between 7 and 9 (5 to 11) centimeters wide and ends in a tip. The leaf margins are roughly serrated. The petiole is 10 to 50 centimeters long.
Older plants bloom in late autumn. The panicles total inflorescence which has a diameter of about 30 centimeters, is from doldigen assembled part inflorescences having a diameter of about 3 to 4 centimeters. The hermaphrodite flowers are fivefold. The sepals are reduced to an indistinctly toothed wreath. The five egg-shaped petals are creamy white. There is only one circle with five stamens . Five carpels have become an under constant ovary grown. The five free styluses are about 1.5 mm long. The small, spherical, black drupes have a diameter of 5 millimeters.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.
use
It is used as an ornamental plant in tropical to subtropical parks and gardens and is a robust houseplant . The varieties of the indoor aralia are used as easy-care ornamental plants for gardens and in rooms. You prefer a shady location. The propagation takes place by cuttings or the fruits.
photos
Coniferous fruit cluster with almost ripe stone fruits
Lobed foliage leaf
Golden partial inflorescences
swell
literature
- Qibai Xiang & Porter P. Lowry: Araliaceae in Flora of China , Volume 13, p. 439: Fatsia japonica - online .
Individual evidence
- ^ Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 692 .
- ↑ R.Govaerts: Fatsia japonica. In: World Checklist of selected Plant Families. Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, accessed March 7, 2012 .
- ^ Fatsia japonica at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Web links
- Culture reports: Plant description of indoor aralia. ( Memento from January 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- The poisonous plant.