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Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Fatsia japonica (Thunb.) Decne. & Planch.

*F. japonica (Thunb.) Decne. et Planchon, Rev. Hort. Sér. 4, 3: 105 (1854)

fatsia

Shrub or small tree up to 2-(4) m high. Stems softly hairy when young, becoming glabrous when mature; lf scars prominent. Lvs softly hairy when young, particularly below, glabrous on both surfaces when mature, alternate, broadly ovate to suborbicular, cordate, (3)-5-10-palmately lobed to c. 1/2-⅔ radius, c. (6)-15-60 cm long; lobes acute to acuminate, usually finely serrate, sometimes entire or coarsely serrate; petioles softly hairy when young, glabrous when mature, (5)-10-50 cm long. Infl. a terminal raceme or panicle of numerous-flowered globose umbels, finely hairy; petals white, c. 2.5-3 mm long. Fr. black, 5-8 mm diam.

N.: known from 3 collections only, Matangi (near Hamilton), Opotiki, and Petone; S.: 2 collections only, Christchurch.

Japan, S. Korea 1981

Forest, gardens.

FL Mar-May.

Fatsia is often cultivated as an ornamental. The intergeneric hybrid × Fatshedera is also cultivated, often as a pot plant, but is not naturalised.

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