Aralia frodiniana
| Aralia frodiniana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Genus: | Aralia |
| Section: | Dimorphanthus |
| Species: | A. frodiniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Aralia frodiniana J. Wen | |
Aralia frodiniana is a plant species endemic to the Island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.[1]
It is a shrub with prickles on the stems. Leaves are bipinnate with hair and prickles on the petioles. Leaflets are ovate to elliptical, up to 8 cm long, with teeth along the margins, upper side green with a few hairs, lower side much lighter and very densely hairy. Inflorescence about 35 cm long, a collection of umbels in a paniculate array. Fruits spherical, about 4 mm in diameter, with 5 seeds each.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 Wen, Jun. 2001. Aralia frondiniana (Aralacieae), a new species from Indonesia. Novon 11:498-500.
- ↑ Wen, Jun. 2011. Systematics and biogeography of Aralia L. (Araliaceae), revision of Sections Aralia, Humiles, Nana and Sciadodendron. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 57:1-172.
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