Araliaceae
Castor aralia
Kalopanax septemlobus
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Kalopanax
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Common names
By language (15)
- Armenian
- Կալոպանաքս յոթբլթականի
- Chinese
- 刺楸, 云楸, 刺枫树, 刺桐, 刺楸树叶, 刺楸树根, 刺楸树皮, 刺楸茎，
- Danish
- Kalopanax
- English
- Castor aralia, Prickly castor oil tree
- German
- Baumaralie
- Hungarian
- Juharlevelű tüskefa
- Japanese
- ハリギリ
- koi
- Калопанакс
- Korean
- 음나무
- kv
- Калопанакс
- mrj
- Калопанакс
- Persian
- کالپاناکس
- Polish
- Kolcosił drzewiasty
- Russian
- Калопанакс семилопастный
- udm
- Калопанакс
Synonyms
- Acanthopanax septemlobus (Thunb.) Koidz. ex Rehder
- Acer lobelii subsp. pictum (Thunb.) Wesm.
- Acer septemlobum Thunb.
- Eleutherococcus septemlobus (Thunb.) Mabb.
- Kalopanax ricinifolius var. chinense Nakai
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.