English: Ming Aralia
Range: tropical Asia, India, Vietnam.
Habitat: tropics, subtropics; in bright shade or part sun; well-drained, acid soil.
Use: ornamenta; hedge plant; edible leaves culinary, steamed as greens, added to soups, as flavouring, aromatic, reminiscent of parsley.
BotanySlow-growing, evergreen shrub; spreading branches; around 2.5 - 5 metres tall.
Flowers: flowering all year round.