Aralia elata




Family Araliaceae
Scientific name Aralia elata (Miquel) Seemann
Synonyms Aralia canescens Siebold et Zuccarini; Aralia chinensis L. var. elata (Miquel) Lavallée; Aralia chinensis L. var. glabrescens (Franchet & Savatier) C. K. Schneider; Aralia chinensis L. var. mandshurica (Ruprecht & Maximowicz) Rehder; Aralia elata (Miquel) Seemann forma canescens (Siebold et Zuccarini) T. Yamazaki; Aralia elata (Miquel) Seemann forma variegata (Miquel) Seemann (Rehder) Nakai; Aralia elata (Miquel) Seemann var. canescens (Franchet & Savatier) Nakai; Aralia elata (Miquel) Seemann var. glabrescens (Franchet & Savatier) Pojarkova; Aralia elata (Miquel) Seemann var. mandshurica (Ruprecht & Maximowicz) J. Wen; Aralia elata (Miquel) Seemann var. subinermis Ohwi; Aralia emeiensis Z. Y. Zhu; Aralia gaoshania Z. Y. Zhu; Aralia hupehensis G. Hoo; Aralia mandshurica Ruprecht & Maximowicz; Aralia planchoniana Hance; Aralia spinosa L. var. canescens (Siebold et Zuccarini) Franchet & Savatier; Aralia spinosa L. var. elata (Miquel) Sargent; Aralia spinosa L. var. glabrescens Franchet & Savatier; Aralia subcapitata G. Hoo; Aralia taibaiensis Z. Z. Wang & H. C. Zheng; Dimorphanthus elatus Miquel; Dimorphanthus mandshuricus (Ruprecht & Maximowicz) Maximowicz
Common name (Japanese common name) tara-no-ki [tara tree]
(English common name) Japanese angelica-tree, Japanese aralia
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shiokku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China
Chromosomal number 2n=24
Description Plants 3-5m. Leaves 2-4 pairs leaflets each 5-12cm. Flowers white 3mm, flowering in August to September. Deciduous. Shrub.
Reference Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem.
Aralia elata (Miquel) Seemann
Process for producing interferon inducers (US Patent 4469685/1984)
Compositions for curing diabetes mellitus, processes for the preparation of same, and usage of same (US Patent 5773004/1998)
Breathing film (US Patent 6395071/2002)
Pharmaceutical composition comprising Aralia extracts (US Patent 6827950/2004)
Hair dye and hair-dyeing methods using the same (US Patent 6849096/2005)
Method for producing human lactoferrin in plant cell culture (US Patent 7118914/2006)
Method for detecting proteins under mutual interaction (US Patent 7122382/2006)
Methods for treatment of obesity and effective fat loss promotion (US Patent 7202222/2007)



August 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
August 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



August 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
August 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden