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Acanthopanax sieboldianus Makino






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Acanthopanax Miq. (ウコギ)
Ukogi/Himeukogi (ウコギ/ヒメウコギ, 五加木/姫五加木), five-fingered aralia or fiveleaf aralia
Lifeform: deciduous shrub ≈ 3 m in height
Distribution: originally in China (Anhui province)

introduced to Japan for using medicine (root) - escaped

Habitat: escaped from cultivation in Japan, where it grows wild in calcareous soils
Use: wild vegetable, medicine and hedge
Synonyms:

Eleutherococcus sieboldianus (Makino) Koidz., when established
Eleutherococcus pentaphyllus Nakai

索引

Acanthopanax spinosus in Hokkaido


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] on a fruticetum in Hokkaido University Botanic Garden on September 30 2023.

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