Aralia bahiana
Japanese-Asparagus
Aralia cordata
Thunb. Species
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- Botanical name
- Aralia cordata
- Also known as
- Japanese-Asparagus, Japanese-Spikenard, Spikenard, Udo
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Aralia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Japanese-Asparagus
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Aralia cordata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Aralia cordata var. cordata
Aralia cordata var. sachalinensis
Aralia edulis
Aralia lucida
Aralia nudicaulis
Aralia nutans
Aralia racemosa f. sachalinensis
Aralia racemosa var. sachalinensis
Aralia sachaliensis
Aralia schmidtii
Aralia taiwaniana
Dimorphanthus edulis
Others in Aralia
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