| Scientific Name: | Eleutherococcus sieboldianus |
| Common Name: | five-fingered aralia, five-leaf aralia |
| Family Name: | Araliaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Mixed shrub border |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Oblanceolate, Obovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Umbel, White, Green, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Dark-red, Black, Jul-Aug, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, palmately compound (reminiscent of Virginia creeper), middle leaflet oblanceolate, ~6cm long x 2cm wide, a single spiny stipule at most nodes; umbels of small inconspicuous greenish-white flowers in spring; berries dark-red ripening black. | |