Fatsia japonica
Lobed leaves and compound inflorescence of Zimmeraralie
The Zimmeraralie ( Fatsia japonica, syn: .. Aralia japonica Thunb, A. sieboldii Hort ex Koch ) is a plant of the family Araliaceae ( Araliaceae ). She comes from Japan to the Nansei Islands, and from the southern Korean Peninsula. In some tropical areas, such as in New Zealand and the Juan Fernández Islands is wild.
Description
Fatsia japonica is evergreen shrubs that reach heights of growth 3-6 meters. The trunk is strong with few branches. Young branches, leaves and inflorescences are hairy woolly. The spiral and alternate arranged leaves are stalked. The leathery, dark green leaf blade is deeply seven-to neunlappig, mostly 7-9 ( 5 to 11) centimeters wide and it runs in a tip. At the, the leaf margins are coarsely toothed. The petiole is 10 to 50 inches long.
Older plants set in the late autumn of flowers. The total Rispige inflorescence is has a diameter of about 30 centimeters from doldigen part inflorescences assembled have a diameter of about 3 to 4 cm. The hermaphrodite flowers are fünfzählig. The sepals are reduced to a vaguely toothed rim. The five egg-shaped petals are creamy white. It's just a circle with five stamens present. Five carpels are fused into one inferior ovary. The five free pen are about 1.5 mm long. The small, spherical black stone fruit have a diameter of 5 mm.
Use
It is used in tropical to sub-tropical parks and gardens as an ornamental plant and is a robust houseplant. The varieties of Zimmeraralie be used as an easy-care ornamental plants for gardens and rooms. They prefer a shady location. Propagation is by cuttings or fruit.
Pictures
Lobed foliage leaf
Doldige part inflorescences