Fatsia japonica
Japanese aralia, Fatsia, Formosa rice tree, Paper Plant, Glossy-leaf paper plant, Japanese fatsia, Fatsi, Glossy-leaf Paperplant, Paperplant, Fatsia japonica, Aralia japonica, Aralia sieboldii
Description
Commonly known as Aralia, it is a medium-sized evergreen shrubby plant with an expansive habit outlined by its broad, palmate-lobed leaves. The high ornamental value is also conferred by the branched panicle-like inflorescences that rise from the foliage and bear white globular flowers.
Widely cultivated as an indoor green plant as well as a garden or terrace plant in temperate climate zones. It does not tolerate direct sunlight, requiring shady areas.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Fatsia
- Species
- Fatsia japonica
Synonyms (5)
- Aralia brownii
- Aralia japonica
- Aralia sieboldii
- Dimorphanthus japonicus
- Echinopanax japonicus
