Aralia frodiniana

Aralia frodiniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Genus:	Aralia
Species:	A. frodiniana
Binomial name
	Aralia frodiniana; J. Wen

Aralia frodiniana is a plant species endemic to the Island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.[1]

It is a shrub with prickles on the stems. Leaves are bipinnate with hair and prickles on the petioles. Leaflets are ovate to elliptical, up to 8 cm long, with teeth along the margins, upper side green with a few hairs, lower side much lighter and very densely hairy. Inflorescence about 35 cm long, a collection of umbels in a paniculate array. Fruits spherical, about 4 mm in diameter, with 5 seeds each.[1][2]

References

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[kaoshdfohawetbhqw-1] Wen, Jun. 2001. Aralia frondiniana (Aralacieae), a new species from Indonesia. Novon 11:498-500.

[2] Wen, Jun. 2011. Systematics and biogeography of Aralia L. (Araliaceae), revision of Sections Aralia, Humiles, Nana and Sciadodendron. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 57:1-172.