Eleutherococcus (Araliaceae) RWJ10108

trifoliatus

Forming a deciduous scandent shrub or climber with slender flexuous prickly stems to 7m long, usually much shorter. Bearing small thick-textured trifoliate dark green leaves with serrulate margins and terminal inflorescences of 3-10 few to many greenish-flowered umbels resulting in purple rounded fruit. Our collection from the Heping logging trail eastern Taiwan. Easily grown in any soil best in sun to part shade.