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  Aralia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aralia species have large bipinnate leaves, sometimes covered with bristles, the flowers are whitish or greenish occurring in terminal panicles, and the spherical dark fruits are popular with birds.
Aralia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Common Emerald.
Some species formerly classified as Aralia are now treated in the genera Dendropanax, Fatsia, Oreopanax, Polyscias, Schefflera, and Tetrapanax.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aralia   (138 words)

  
 Aralias
The plants used indoors and referred to as aralias actually belong to several very distantly related plant genera and all are tropical in nature.
Two common variations of Balfour aralia are 'Marginata' with leaves that are delicately edged with creamy white and 'Pennockii' offer foliage that is larger than the regular Balfour and is strikingly mottled with light yellow-green areas.
Ming aralias are graceful, bushy upright plants covered with lacy, bright-green foliage.
www.bachmans.com /retail/tipsheets/indoor_plants/aralias.cfm   (1042 words)

  
 Eleutherococcus sieboldianus 'Variegatus'
Five-fingered (or fiveleaf) aralia is an upright, suckering, deciduous shrub growing 8-10' tall with arching stems and buckeye-like, palmate foliage.
Although a member of the aralia family and commonly called five-fingered aralia, this shrub is not now nor was it ever part of the genus Aralia.
Aralia racemosa (see V270) is in the genus Aralia, but it is commonly called spikenard.
www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A950   (254 words)

  
 Aralia Production Guide
The aralia family (Araliaceae) is composed of 84 genera of herbs and woody plants ranging from vines to trees (2), including the genus, Polyscias.
Palapala aralia is similar in branching habit and leaf characteristics except the leaflets are attractively patterned with dark green, golden yellow and ivory.
Ming aralia is one of the most popular of the polyscias with its upright-spreading growth habit and fine-textured, pinnately-divided leaves.
www.mrec.ifas.ufl.edu /Foliage/folnotes/aralia.htm   (2369 words)

  
 Aralia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Maelstrom is an alternate dimension to the one Aralia exists in.
So now that the storm was over, the people of Aralia could start taking back their world, and their their star system, one sub-node, one planet, one station, or one moon at a time.
Aralia cuts itself off from the network and is spared when Vondare Noss, a colleague of De'Vol figures out the storm is coming.
www.knology.net /~jtwing/Aralia?M=A   (2789 words)

  
 Brooklyn Botanic Garden: NYMF receives grant to study willows (Salix) and gingseng (Aralia)
The focus of this research on Salix and Aralia is to determine the extent to which populations of nonnative species of both are displacing populations of native species.
NYMF is BBG's study of plant biodiversity in the New York metropolitan area, which seeks to catalog all vascular plant life within a 50-mile radius of the city, and compare current data with historical data to ascertain changes in the area's flora.
With funding from the Eppley Foundation for Research, NYMF scientists will be able to address this problem in Salix and Aralia, with the goal of providing a better understanding of the distribution and abundance of the region's native and nonnative species of both.
www.bbg.org /sci/news/2004_eppleygrant.html   (562 words)

  
 King's American Dispensatory, 1898: Aralia Spinosa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
—The Aralia spinosa is a small tree, with an unsymmetric, naked stem, about 10 or 12, sometimes 20, feet high, but taller in warm latitudes, having prickles below, and the leaves all crowded near the summit.
The leaves are very large and long, often 3 to 6 feet in length, prickly, bipinnate, and borne on long, prickly petioles.
—Aralia bark, as it occurs in drug houses, is curved, or in thin quilled pieces, with an external gray, smooth surface, or slightly marked with linear elevations, and the stem-bark usually with transverse lines of slender prickles, or in the absence of these, short ridges running crosswise.
www.ibiblio.org /herbmed/eclectic/kings/aralia-spin.html   (752 words)

  
 Fossil Flora of the John Day Basin, Oregon
A fragment of what appears to be the upper part of a lobe of an Aralia.
ARALIA sp., Knowlton in Merriam, Univ. Cal., Bull.
It may be the upper portion of a moderate sized leaf of Aralia Whitneyi Lesq.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/joda/sec4-33.htm   (281 words)

  
 Aralia racemosa American Spikenard potted plants for shade garden
Aralia racemosa American Spikenard seeds are not available at this time.
Aralia racemosa is a close relative of Sarsaparilla.
American Spikenard's large roots are aromatic and spicy, they were once used as one of the ingredients in root beer and as a remedy for respiratory ailments in man and domesticated animals.
www.easywildflowers.com /quality/ara.spi.htm   (328 words)

  
 Ellingwood's The American Materia Medica, 1919: Female: ARALIA. Aralia racemosa.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cachectic conditions are benefited by this remedy, also irritation of the bladder and kidneys, with scanty urine.
Aralia racemosa is stimulant and diaphoretic with a special affinity for the respiratory organs.
It may be given to produce perspiration in the early stages of coughs and colds and to asthmatic patients whose complaint is aggravated by catarrh from taking cold.
www.ibiblio.net /herbmed/eclectic/ellingwood/aralia-race.html   (205 words)

  
 The Indoor Gardener's Web-zine: False Aralia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dizygotheca (dizzy-goth-ick-uh), commonly known as False Aralia, is a graceful plant for bright locations in the house.
Its most popular variety, aralia elegantissima, is well named because when healthy and full, they are indeed elegant to display.
False Aralias are not plants for novices or those who enjoy easy-care varieties, but shouldn’t present too much of a challenge for those who are willing to pay a bit of attention to the plant’s needs.
www.indoorjungle.net /false-aralia.html   (358 words)

  
 Polyscias - Ming Aralias
One cultivar, the parsley aralia (so-called because its leaves resemble those of the herb) can be grown in a small bonsai pot and will not exceed twelve inches in ten years; exposing the roots further enhances the illusion of bonsai-like miniaturization.
Her Ming aralias are grown in 80 percent shade -- a level far below normal nursery practice but the right way to prepare polyscias for life indoors.
Also known in the trade as the dinnerplate aralia, it has roundish one-and-a-half or two-inch leaves that are deeply notched at the base, some-what cupped and having an edge corn-combining scallops with small sawteeth.
www.rhapisgardens.com /ming-aralias   (3095 words)

  
 Aralia - Binary Decision Diagram - for ITEM ToolKit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The new ARALIA© Binary Decision Diagram analysis technique (BDD) is now available in ITEM ToolKit, offers an exciting leap forward in fault and event tree analysis.
Since then, the application has continuously evolved to cater for the varied demands in qualitative and quantitative calculus of the members of the group.
In recent years ARALIA©'s advancement has suffered from its lack of a sophisticated, graphical interface for the fault tree diagram construction.
www.itemsoftware.f9.co.uk /aralia.html   (271 words)

  
 Ming Aralia - House plants - Denver Plants.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A columnar upright plant that is generally only a foot or so wider than it's container.
The "Ming Aralia" is the king of the Polyscia family.
"Ming Aralias" with their distinctive oriental look are available in six inch pots thru large specimen plants in 17" containers.
www.denverplants.com /foliage/html/AraMing.htm   (104 words)

  
 Gardening with Ed Hume - Plant Encyclopedia for Houseplants Chapter
ARALIA IVY - Fatshedera lizei- Location/Exposure: low to moderate light; Water Schedule: weekly/as needed; Temperature: 50-70 degrees; Feeding: 2-3 times yearly; Comments: large 8' maple-like leaves give nice tropical effect.
FALSE ARALIA, Dizygothecas elegantissima - Location/Exposure: bright light/no direct sunlight; Water Schedule: limited watering/allow soil to dry between watering; Temperature: 60-72 degrees; Feeding: 3 times during the growing season; Comments: The narrow leaves provide a nice delicate appearance.
JAPANESE ARALIA, Fatsia japonica - Location/Exposure: low to moderate light; Water Schedule: moist/allow to dry a bit between watering; Temperature: cool/55-65 degrees; Feeding: 3 times during the growing period; Comments: Large maple-shaped leaves give nice tropical appearance.
www.humeseeds.com /enc.htm   (5287 words)

  
 Biomechanical properties of the trunk of the devil's walking stick (Aralia spinosa; Araliaceae) during the ...
Biomechanical properties of the trunk of the devil's walking stick (Aralia spinosa; Araliaceae) during the crown-building phase: implications for tree architecture -- Briand et al.
Biomechanical properties of the trunk of the devil's walking stick (Aralia spinosa; Araliaceae) during the crown-building phase: implications for tree architecture
Fifteen ramets of Aralia spinosa with branching crowns (Fig.
www.amjbot.org /cgi/content/full/86/12/1677   (3243 words)

  
 Aralia spinosa fact sheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Araliaceae Aralia spinosa L. Leaf: Alternate, bi- or tri-pinnately compound, up to 5 feet long.
Leaflets are 2 to 4 inches long, serrate and glaucous.
Form: A large shrub or small tree with club-shaped branches; often forms a thicket.
www.cnr.vt.edu /dendro/dendrology/syllabus/aspinosa.htm   (111 words)

  
 Aralia
Aralia are ornamental shrubs, although the hardy varieties have compound leaves up to three feet in length, making them unsuitable for bonsai.
Aralia fly - Desirable for bonsai because it forms a large trunk, this Aralia has smooth edged, scroll-shaped leaves.
Aralia castor (also called Dizygotheca castor) -dark green leaves marbled with white.
www.bonsai-bci.com /species/aralia.html   (405 words)

  
 Aralia - LoveToKnow Garden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Aralia - Shrubs or stout herbaceous plants of the Ivy order, of diverse aspects, few fitted for open air, except A. canescens and A. spinosa, which thrive in our gardens, and which in size and beauty of leaf are far before many "fine-foliaged plants" grown in hothouses.
The Aralias described are now placed under Fatsia, but we retain the older name as better known in gardens.
This page was last modified 16:32, 13 Nov 2005.
garden.lovetoknow.com /wiki/Aralia   (116 words)

  
 Plant Profile for Aralia spinosa (devil's walkingstick)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Aralia spinosa L. See county distributions for the following states by clicking on them below or on the map.
Aralia spinosa L. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
Aralia spinosa L. View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).
plants.usda.gov /cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=ARSP2   (267 words)

  
 Plant Profile for Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Aralia nudicaulis L. See county distributions for the following states by clicking on them below or on the map.
Aralia nudicaulis L. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
Aralia nudicaulis L. View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).
plants.usda.gov /cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol%3DARNU2   (272 words)

  
 ARALIA RACEMOSA - A Text-Book of Materia Medica. By Pr.  Allen Corson Cowperthwaite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
ARALIA RACEMOSA - A Text-Book of Materia Medica.
Chief action is exerted through the pneumogastric nerves upon the organs of respiration, giving rise to suffocative attacks resembling asthma or hay fever, in the treatment of which it has been successfully used.
Has been used as a domestic remedy, in infusion, for dysmenorrhoea, leucorrhoea, and suppressed lochia.
www.homeoint.org /seror/cowperthwaite/aral_r.htm   (137 words)

  
 False Aralia - House plants - Denver Plants.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
and then water it, you should be successful with your "Finger Aralia".
This aralia is available from small starter plants to large specimens.
While driving home with you new "False Aralia" it probably would be a good idea to keep the plant out of sight.
www.denverplants.com /foliage/html/AraFal.htm   (151 words)

  
 Floridata: Aralia spinosa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Aralia edulis, which is grown as a vegetable in Japan, is a similar species that grows to 3-4 ft (0.3-1.2 m) and bears bluish fl berries in late fall.
Devil's walking stick comes from the eastern United States, where it grows in open woodlands and in clearings and along forest edges.
Aralia spinosa's dark purple berries are toxic to humans but provide nutrition to birds and wildlife.
www.floridata.com /ref/A/aral_spi.cfm   (901 words)

  
 Aralia Olive Oils - The Finest Olive Oils in the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Aralia Olive Oils - The Finest Olive Oils in the World
At Aralia Olive Oils, our passion for the deeper, more enduring values has led us to create the finest olive oil in the world.
For centuries, our family has lovingly produced this pure, rare and ancient commodity, living and working under ideal climatic conditions that can only be found on the island of Crete.
www.araliaimports.com   (108 words)

  
 Wild-Sarsaparilla   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The rootstock is rather long, creeping, somewhat twisted, and possesses a very fragrant, aromatic odor and a warm, aromatic taste.
—The American spikenard (Aralia racemosa L.), known also as spignet, spiceberry, Indian root, petty-morrel, life-of-man, and old-man's root, is used for the same purpose as A.
It is distinguished from this by its taller form, its much-branched stem from 3 to 6 feet high, and very large leaves.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/herbhunters/sarsaparilla.html   (203 words)

  
 Ming Aralia (Polyscias fruticosa)
The cultivar 'Elegans' is a dwarf with dense foliage.
The Ming Aralia can be propagated using stem cuttings, root cuttings, suckers, and air layering.
For stem cuttings, you can cut off the tops of old plants which in turn stimulate shoot formation.
www.desert-tropicals.com /Plants/Araliaceae/Polyscias_fruticosa.html   (306 words)

  
 Aralia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
They are typically mountain woodland plants originating in (The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations) Asia and the (North and South America) Americas.
(Deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States) Aralia elata Japanese Angelica-tree
Some species formerly classified as Aralia are now treated in the genera Dendropanax, (additional info and facts about Fatsia) Fatsia, Oreopanax, Polyscias, Schefflera, and Tetrapanax.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/aralia.htm   (103 words)

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