Aralia

Aralias are deciduous slow growing plants.Genus has a wide varieties of trees and shrubs. Aralia spinosa is a perennial tree. Spiny ash grey stems rises from rhizomatous root system. Branches are very thick and have sharp spines. Leaves are alternate, bipinnately compound and present at the end of twig. Leaflets are ovate and have serreate margins. Upper surface is dark green and lower surface is light green with prickles at mid-vein. Leaves become yellow before fall. Aralias have several white flowers. Umbel-panicle inflorescence present at the terminal of branches. Flowering occurs in summer. Fruits are spherical, purple black berries arranged in a large cluster.

Aralia Growing Conditions

Aralias prefer moist, loamy clay soil and semi shade condition. Late winter is the best season for sowing seeds. Propogation occurs with both rhizome cutting and seeds. Seed germination takes place within 2-3 months at 20°c. In favourable conditions it takes only a few days. Each seeds should be sown in individual pots. When large enough to handle, prick out individual seedling from pot and plant them in semishade condition under greenhouse. After first winter you can plant aralia at their permanent position in late spring.

Aralia Garden Care

Aralia is slow growing and short-lived plant. It grows with the help of suckers. Soil should be well drained and acidic. Plant should be grown in part sun.

Aralia Uses

• Fruits are eaten by birds.
• Ornamental Plant.
• Some species as like Aralia spinosa has thorny stem and can be used as border plant for gardens.
• Root bark and fruits have medicinal properties. Root bark is opthalmic and purgative.
• Tincture is prepared from berries. It is used in the treatment of toothache and rheumatism.
• Wood of mature plants has a low economic value and can be used to prepare handles for tools.

[edit] Aralia Pictures Kalopanax septemlobus (Thunb. ex A. Murr.) Koidz [edit] Related Flowers [edit] Aralia Chinesis Aralia Chinesis - A hardy shrub, with very large, much-divided, spiny leaves, resembling those of the Angelica Tree of N. America. In this country it attains the height of from 6 to 12 feet. In deep loam it thrives vigorously. May be useful in a garden where tender fine-leaved plants will not thrive. Syn. Dimorphanthus mandschuricus. [edit] Aralia Sieboldi Aralia Sieboldi - A shrubby species, with fine green leaves, nearly hardy, and a handsome bush on dry soils and near the sea. It may be used in the flower garden or the pleasure ground, but it soon turns yellow and unhappy looking if exposed to much sunshine. It is hardier in the shade, its foliage browning badly if caught too suddenly by the sun after hard frosts. Syn. Fatsia Japonica. [edit] Aralia Sieboldi Aralia Sieboldi - A shrubby species, with fine green leaves, nearly hardy, and a handsome bush on dry soils and near the sea. It may be used in the flower garden or the pleasure ground, but it soon turns yellow and unhappy looking if exposed to much sunshine. It is hardier in the shade, its foliage browning badly if caught too suddenly by the sun after hard frosts. Syn. Fatsia Japonica. [edit] Angelica Tree Angelica Tree (Aralia Spinosa) - This fine shrub has often been put in exposed places, but it is better where its great leaves will not be torn, and in every size may be used in the pleasure ground. Its small white flowers appear in autumn in great panicles. Cuttings of the roots. N. America.

General Information1 Scientific name - Aralia Common name - Devil's walkingsting, Hercules-Club Planting month - Late winter Habitat - Woodlands, buffs, moist fertile soil, Uses - Ornamental plant, analgesic and opthalmic, wood has a little economic value Scientific Classification Kingdom - Plantae Division - Magnoliophyta Class - Magnoliopsida Order - Apiales Family - Araliaceae Genus - Aralia                            Description Height - 3 to 20 feet Spread - 2 to 20 feet Habit - Deciduous Texture - Coarse Density/Rate - Moderate Leaf - Ovat bipinnately leaves with serrate margines Flower - White, creamy Fruit - Cluster of purple black berries Seed - Yellow flat Cultivation Light Requirement - Semishade Soil Tolerance - Well drained, acidic, clay Drought Tolerance - Moderate Soil salt Tolerance - Moderate