View source for Phil Bendle Collection:Fatsia japonica (Japanese aralia)

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'''Kingdom:''' Plantae<br />
'''(Unranked):''' Angiosperms<br />
'''(Unranked):''' Eudicots<br />
'''(Unranked):''' Asterids<br />
'''Order:''' Apiales<br />
'''Family:''' Araliaceae<br />
'''Genus:''' Fatsia<br />
'''Species:''' F. japonica<br />
'''Binomial name:''' Fatsia japonica<br />
'''Synonym:''' Aralia japonica, Aralia sieboldii<br />
'''Common name:''' Fatsia, Japanese aralia, Glossy-leaved paper plant, Rice paper plant, Yatsude

Fatsia japonica is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern Japan and South Korea. This plant is now fully naturalised in New Zealand and it is now classed as a weed species.<br />
In New Zealand it has become established on banks, coastal areas, roadsides, sheltered shrubland, waste areas and abandoned gardens, spreading via suckers. <br />
It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3–6 m tall, with stout, sparsely branched stems. The leaves are spirally-arranged, large, 20–50 cm in width and on a petiole up to 60 cm long, leathery, palmately lobed, with 7–9 broad lobes, divided to half or two-thirds of the way to the base of the leaf; the lobes are edged with coarse, blunt teeth but sometimes entire. <br />
The flowers which are numerous, small with white petals (2.5-3 mm long) are borne in dense terminal compound umbels in March to May; these are followed by small, black, rounded berries 5-8 mm wide.<br />
It has a sticky resinous sap which can cause contact dermatitis in sensitive people.<br />
The name &quot;fatsi&quot; is an approximation of the old Japanese word for 'eight' (hachi in modern Japanese), referring to the eight lobes. In Japan it is known as yatsude, meaning &quot;eight fingers&quot;.

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The underside of a leaf.<br />
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The flowering terminal compound umbels (an inflorescence which consists of a number of short flower stalks).<br />
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The flower buds.<br />


The flowers.<br />
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The fruits.<br />
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Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/<br />









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