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Aralia leschenaultii

Botanic Family

Araliaceae

Author

(de Candolle) J. Wen

Common Names

• Yu ye shen (Pinyin

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• SW. Sichuan
• S. Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka
• N. Thailand
• N. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest edge
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• Jun-Aug (China) Jun-Nov (India)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Scandent or climbing hemi-epiphytic shrub or small tree, unarmed stems. Coriaceous pinnate leaves with acutely serrate glabrous leaflets to 150mm x 100mm, 3-5 leaflets, papery or leathery, margins ciliate to serrate. Terminal corymbs, umbels or panicles to 30mm wide, flowers 4mm wide, 5 calyx lobes, 5 yellow petals. Fruit to 5.5mm diameter with persistent style.

Medicinal uses

Further References

• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Kew
• IFV
• Kerala Plants