Araliaceae

Fierce lancewood

Pseudopanax ferox Kirk

Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Pseudopanax

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Fierce lancewood: A lancewood ( Pseudopanax ferox ) that is changing from the juvenile to the mature form. Note the different leaf shapes low and high on the tree. Growing near t — Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Fierce lancewood, Toothed lancewood
Māori: Horoeka
Spanish: Arbol lanza dentado, Palo lanza dentado, Árbol lanza dentado

Synonyms

Panax ferox Kirk

Photos

Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Koreller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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). About our plant data.