Aralia leschenaultii(DC.) J.Wen

WFO wfo-0000257996 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Aralia leschenaultii, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. a Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / 2016-05-15 / obs. 60994383
Aralia leschenaultii, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. b Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60994392
Aralia leschenaultii, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. c Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60994395

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Aralia leschenaultii is native: China South-Central, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralTibetAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaMyanmarNepalSri LankaThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Aralia leschenaultii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Tibet CHT

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 22 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aralia fragrans (D.Don) Jebb & J.Wen
  • Hedera fragrans D.Don
  • Hedera leschenaultii (DC.) Wight & Arn.
  • Hedera trifoliata Wight & Arn.
  • Panax bijugus Wall. ex G.Don
  • Panax leschenaultii DC.
  • Paratropia trifoliata (Wight & Arn.) K.Koch
  • Pentapanax forrestii W.W.Sm.
  • Pentapanax fragrans (D.Don) Ha
  • Pentapanax fragrans var. forrestii (W.W.Sm.) C.B.Shang
  • Pentapanax fragrans var. longipedunculatus (Bui) Ha
  • Pentapanax leschenaultii (DC.) Seem.
  • Pentapanax leschenaultii var. forrestii (W.W.Sm.) H.L.Li
  • Pentapanax leschenaultii var. longipedunculatus (Bui) Y.M.Shui
  • Pentapanax leschenaultii var. simplex K.M.Feng
  • Pentapanax leschenaultii var. umbellatus (Seem.) C.B.Clarke
  • Pentapanax leschenaultii var. villosus Y.R.Li
  • Pentapanax longipedunculatus Bui
  • Pentapanax micranthus Wall. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Pentapanax micranthus Hook.f.
  • Pentapanax truncicola Hand.-Mazz.
  • Pentapanax umbellatus Seem.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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