| Scientific Name: | Aralia elata |
| Common Name: | Japanese angelica tree |
| Family Name: | Araliaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Specimen plant, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Sheltered |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Prickly, Pubescent, Bipinnate, Elliptic, Ovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Umbel, White, Yellow, Green, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Black, Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves bipinnately compound, 40-90(-120)cm long, with 7 to 9 leaflets further divided into 7-13 pinnae that are broadly ovate to elliptic, most 6-12cm long x 4-8cm wide, may have prickles arising from some veins; bark with 3-5mm long randomly arranged thorn-like prickles; panicles of tiny white-yellowish green florets forming simple umbels; drupes black, round, 3-4mm wide, Sep-Nov. Winter ID: twigs 6-8mm wide; spines 2-3mm long, leaf scars wrapped more than half way around with >12 bundle scars in a half circle row, buds 1-2mm long. | |