Sinopanax formosanus
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Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in dry sunny places and in open forest between 2,300-2,600 m altitude in Taiwan.
Asia, Taiwan*,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A shrub or small tree. It grows 12 m tall. There is a soft brown covering over the leaves. The leaves are almost round and rough and about 20 cm across. The edges can be irregular or have shallow lobes.
Notes
There is only one Sinopanax species.
Names & Synonyms
Oreopanax formosana Hayata
References (1)
- Kuo, W. H. J., (Ed.) Taiwan's Ethnobotanical Database (1900-2000), http://tk.agron.ntu.edu.tw/ethnobot/DB1.htm
