ARALIA

Aralia Foliage


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Aralia is a unique green decorative foliage grown in the fertil lands of Costa Rica. Its unique characteristics such as color, size, texture and year round quality makes it the perfect companion for floral and decorative arrangements or any special occasion.

Whatever the reason or season, try aralia and create a unique lasting impresion by enhancing your floral art work.

The aralia family (Araliaceae) is composed of 84 genera of herbs and woody plants ranging from vines to trees (2), including the genus, Polyscias. Within Polyscias, there are approximately 80 species of trees and shrubs indigenous to Polynesia and tropical Asia, most of which are commonly called aralias. Many aralias are useful interior plants and landscape plants in tropical areas of the world. Leaves of Polyscias are arranged alternately on the stem and are usually compound. Several cultivars have attractive variegated foliage.

Although there are several plants outside Polyscias which have aralia as part of their common name, this publication will be limited to aralias within Polyscias. Nomenclature of Polyscias has not been well defined until recently. The L. H. Bailey Hortorum staff (2) listed 4 species and 9 cultivars and Graf (6) listed 5 species and 8 cultivars. More recently, Burch and Broschat (3) studied the aralias grown in south Florida and described 8 species and 21 cultivars. Commercial producers of interior foliage plants in Florida listed for sale 6 species and 7 cultivars in 1985 (1) and this has fluctuated slightly since that time. It is estimated that one can find 25 or more species and cultivars of polyscias in Florida nurseries, the landscapes of southern Florida and in private collections.

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