Araliaceae FAMILY

Eleutherococcus trifoliatus

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eleutherococcus trifoliatus is a prickly, upright to scrambling or climbing, deciduous shrub that can grow up to 7 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. The plant is traditionally cultivated as a vegetable in Tai villages of southern Yunnan, and is grown as a medicinal plant in Vietnam[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - central Himalayas (Nepal to northeast India), southeastern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines

HabitatScrub fields, roadsides, forest margins, in valleys or on mountain slopes; at elevations up to 1,000 metres in the east of its range, to 3,200 metres in the west[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Mountainous areas in Vietnam, occasionally on the edges of forests[ 283 Title Medicinal Plants in Vietnam Publication Author Nguyen Van Dan & Doan Thi Nhu Publisher World Health Organisation Year 1989 ISBN 92 9061 101 4 Description An excellent book, giving information on over 200 plants, their medicinal compounds and applications. ].