Araliaceae
Japanese angelica tree
Aralia elata
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Aralia
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- أراليا عالية
- Armenian
- Արալիա մանջուրական
- arz
- اراليا عاليه
- azb
- هۆندور آرالی
- Azerbaijani
- Hündür araliya
- Bulgarian
- Висока аралия
- Chinese
- 辽东楤木, 遼東楤木, 刺老鸦, 刺龙牙, 楤木, 湖北楤木, 牙楤木, 辽东惚木*(龙牙惚木、惚木）
- Czech
- Arálie vysoká, Arálie japonská
- Danish
- Manchurisk Aralie
- Dutch
- Duivelswandelstok
- English
- Japanese angelica tree, Japanese angelica-tree, Korean angelica-tree
- Estonian
- Kuradipuu
- Finnish
- Piikkiaralia
- German
- Japanische Aralie
- Japanese
- タラノキ
- Korean
- 두릅나무, 두릅
- Russian
- Аралия высокая, Аралия манчжурская, Аралия маньчжурская, Чёртово дерево, Шип-дерево
- Slovenian
- Mandžurska aralija
- Swedish
- Parkaralia
- Western Frisian
- Duvelswannelstôk
Synonyms
- Aralia chinensis var. canescens (Siebold & Zucc.) Koehne
- Aralia chinensis var. elata (Miq.) Lavallée
- Aralia elata f. canescens (Siebold & Zucc.) Nakai
- Aralia elata var. canescens (Siebold & Zucc.) Pojark.
- Aralia spinosa var. elata (Miq.) Sarg.
- Dimorphanthus elatus Miq.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 119 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: betsyyyy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Luka S. (someplant), CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: the swamp ass, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ‘Uncle Carl’, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Miya.m, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peakaytea, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: George7Baldwin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stanislav Doronenko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.