Hercules' Club

Aralia elata

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Botanical name: Aralia elata
Also known as: Hercules' Club, Japanese Angelica Tree, Japanese Angelica-Tree, Japanese Aralia
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Aralia
Reference: World Flora Online

How to grow Hercules' Club

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Aralia elata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Aralia chinensis var. canescens Aralia chinensis var. elata Aralia elata f. canescens Aralia elata var. canescens Aralia spinosa var. elata Dimorphanthus elatus

Others in Aralia

Aralia bahiana

Aralia × hybrida

Aralia apioides

Aralia bipinnata var. bipinnata

Aralia caesia

Aralia californica

California Spikenard

Aralia dasyphylloides

Aralia decaisneana

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