Ruscus aculeatus
இலையடி பழச்செடி
Ruscus aculeatus L.
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- —
- tall
- 69 cm
- wide
- 91 cm
Asparagaceae
Formerly Oxymyrsine pungens, Ruscus dumosus, Ruscus flexuosus, Ruscus laxus, and 2 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
- Rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Macaronesia to Medit., W. & SC. Europe to CaucasusKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 46 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- Asturian
- escoba, capiu, carrascu
- Welsh
- celynnen Fair
- Chinese
- 假叶树
- Simplified Chinese
- 假叶树
- Slovenian
- bodeča lobodika
- Tamil
- இலையடி பழச்செடி
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, 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, Public domain
- 3D model: Ruscus aculeatus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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