Araliaceae
Ginseng Or Aralia Or Ivy Family
The Araliaceae family (Ginseng Or Aralia Or Ivy Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Apiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 14 species across 6 genera. Members range from trees to shrubs. Well-represented genera include Schefflera, Heptapleurum and Polyscias. Familiar examples include Australian Umbrella Tree, Dwarf Umbrella Tree and Whorled Marsh-Pennywort.
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Alternate, often palmately lobed or compound leaves on trees, shrubs, or woody climbers; small flowers cluster into a compact umbel, much like their Apiaceae relatives, and ripen into a small berry.
Close relatives of the carrot family but woody rather than herbaceous; several genera (ginseng, Panax) are valued in traditional medicine for adaptogenic root compounds.
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Typical leaf characters
- ArrangementAlternate
- TypeVariable
- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryVariable
- InflorescenceUmbel
- FruitBerry
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 14 species in ARALIACEAE
- Australian Umbrella TreeHeptapleurum actinophyllum
- Dwarf Umbrella TreeHeptapleurum arboricola
- Whorled Marsh-PennywortHydrocotyle verticillata
- Miagos BushOsmoxylon lineare
- Shield AraliaPolyscias scutellaria
- Octopus TreeSchefflera actinophylla
- Fatshedera lizei
- Polyscias balfouriana
- Schefflera capitata
- Schefflera maduraiensis
- Schefflera rostrata
- Schefflera rostrata var. micrantha
- Schefflera stellata
- Schefflera venulosa
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