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Tetrapanax papyrifer
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Family:
ARALIACEAE
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Citation: Tetrapanax papyrifer (Hook.) K.Koch, Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 371. 1859.
Aralia papyrifera Hook., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 50. 1852.
Didymopanax papyriferus (Hook.) K.Koch, Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 69. 1859.
Fatsia papyrifera (Hook.) Miq. ex Witte, Fl. Jard. Pays-bas 4: 87. 1861.
Panax papyrifer (Hook.) F.Muell., Fragm. 4: 122. 1864.
Echinopanax papyriferus (Hook.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 271. 1891.
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Description:
Shrubs or small trees, to 5 m tall, densely ferruginous or pale brown stellate tomentose. Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong, 50-75 cm wide, papery or subleathery, abaxially densely ferruginous or stellate tomentose, adaxially glabrous, 7-12-lobed, base obtuse to cordate, margin entire to coarsely serrate, apex acuminate; petiole terete, to 50 cm, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, peduncles 1-1.5 cm; umbels 1-2 cm in diam., many flowered. Flowers yellowish white. Calyx ca. 1 mm, densely stellate tomentose. Corolla petals 4(or 5), ca. 2 mm, densely stellate tomentose. Stamens 4(or 5); filaments ca. 3 mm. Fruit dark purple at maturity, globose, ca. 4 mm in diam.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-February
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Introduced as ornamental tree, now getting naturalised in the high ranges
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Distribution:
Native of East Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Yellow, Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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