Araliaceae FAMILY

Eleutherococcus setulosus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eleutherococcus setulosus is a sparsely prickly, deciduous shrub with slender branches forming both long and short shoots. It can grow up to 5 metres tall[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for use as a medicine[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China (Anhui, Gansu, Sichuan, Zhejiang)

HabitatScrub fields, forests, roadsides, stream banks; at elevations up to 800 metres in the east of its range and up to 2,000 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. ].