Ming aralia
Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.1 m
- wide
- 76 cm
Araliaceae
Formerly Aralia deleauana, Aralia massangeana, Aralia tripinnata, Nothopanax fruticosus, and 8 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- As a cultigen from C. Malesia to SW. PacificKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.8 m to 2.4 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 4.4 °C (USDA zone 11a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 南洋参, 羽叶南洋参
- Simplified Chinese
- 南洋参
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Polyscias fruticosa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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