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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Fatsia''
| image = Fatsia japonica0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Fatsia japonica'' in flower
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]]
| genus = '''''Fatsia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Joseph Decaisne|Decne.]] & [[Jules Émile Planchon|Planch.]]
| synonyms =
''Diplofatsia'' <small>[[Takenoshin Nakai|Nakai]]</small></br>
''[[Boninofatsia]]'' <small>[[Takenoshin Nakai|Nakai]]</small>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Fatsia japonica]]''<br/>
''[[Fatsia oligocarpella]]''<br/>
''[[Fatsia polycarpa]]''
}}
'''''Fatsia''''' is a small [[genus]] of three species of [[evergreen]] [[shrub]]s native to southern [[Japan]] and [[Taiwan]]. They have stout, sparsely branched stems bearing spirally-arranged, large leathery, palmately lobed [[leaf|leaves]] 20-50 cm in width, on a petiole up to 50 cm long, and small creamy-white [[flower]]s in dense terminal compound [[umbel]]s in late autumn or early winter, followed by small black [[fruit]].
'''''Fatsia japonica''''', known as '''Fatsi''' or '''Japanese Aralia''' (also occasionally as glossy-leaved paper plant, castor oil plant, fig-leaf palm), is a shrub growing to 3-6 m tall. The leaves have 7-9 broad lobes, divided to half or two-thirds of the way to the base of the leaf; the lobes are edged with coarse, blunt teeth. It is native to southern Japan. The name "Fatsi" is older Japanese, meaning 'eight' (in present-day Japanese ''hachi''), referring to the eight lobes. The name "Japanese Aralia" is due to the genus formerly being classified within a broader interpretation of the related genus ''[[Aralia]]'' in the past (synonyms include ''Aralia japonica'' and ''Aralia sieboldii''). It is a popular [[garden]] shrub in areas where winters do not fall below about -15°C.
'''''Fatsia oligocarpella''''', from the [[Bonin Islands]], differs in the lobes on the leaves being less coarsely toothed, but is otherwise very similar. It is [[naturalised]] in [[Hawaii]].
'''''Fatsia polycarpa''''' is native to [[Taiwan]]. The leaves have 9-13 deep, narrow lobes, divided nearly to the base of the leaf. Some authors treat it in a separate genus, as ''Diplofatsia polycarpa''.
A sterile [[hybrid]] between ''Fatsia japonica'' and [[Ivy|''Hedera hibernica'']], named ''[[Fatshedera|× Fatshedera lizei]]'', has been produced in cultivation in [[western Europe]].
Some species formerly included in ''Fatisa'' are now classified in other genera. ''Fatsia papyrifera'' is now ''[[Tetrapanax|Tetrapanax papyrifer]]'' and ''Fatsia horrida'' is now ''[[Oplopanax horridus]]''.
<gallery>
Image:Fatsia japonica.jpg|A small ''Fatsia japonica'' leaf
Image:Fatsia japonica1.jpg|Close-up of flower umbel
</gallery>
== External links ==
* [http://aoki2.si.gunma-u.ac.jp/BotanicalGarden/PICTs/munin-yatude.jpeg Photo of ''Fatsia oligocarpella'' foliage]
* [http://www.ukoasis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fatspoly1.jpg Photo of ''Fatsia polycarpa'' foliage]
[[Category:Araliaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Fatsia''
| image = Fatsia japonica0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Fatsia japonica'' in flower
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]]
| genus = '''''Fatsia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Joseph Decaisne|Decne.]] & [[Jules Émile Planchon|Planch.]]
| synonyms =
''Diplofatsia'' <small>[[Takenoshin Nakai|Nakai]]</small></br>
''[[Boninofatsia]]'' <small>[[Takenoshin Nakai|Nakai]]</small>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Fatsia japonica]]''<br/>
''[[Fatsia oligocarpella]]''<br/>
''[[Fatsia polycarpa]]''
}}
'''''Fatsia''''' is a small [[genus]] of three species of [[evergreen]] [[shrub]]s native to southern [[Japan]] and [[Taiwan]]. They have stout, sparsely branched stems bearing spirally-arranged, large leathery, palmately lobed [[leaf|leaves]] 20-50 cm in width, on a petiole up to 50 cm long, and small creamy-white [[flower]]s in dense terminal compound [[umbel]]s in late autumn or early winter, followed by small black [[fruit]].
'''''Fatsia japonica''''', known as '''Fatsi''' or '''Japanese Aralia''' (also occasionally as glossy-leaved paper plant, castor oil plant, fig-leaf palm), is a shrub growing to 3-6 m tall. The leaves have 7-9 broad lobes, divided to half or two-thirds of the way to the base of the leaf; the lobes are edged with coarse, blunt teeth. It is native to southern Japan. The name "Fatsi" is older Japanese, meaning 'eight' (in present-day Japanese ''hachi''), referring to the eight lobes. The name "Japanese Aralia" is due to the genus formerly being classified within a broader interpretation of the related genus ''[[Aralia]]'' in the past (synonyms include ''Aralia japonica'' and ''Aralia sieboldii''). It is a popular [[garden]] shrub in areas where winters do not fall below about -15°C.
'''''Fatsia oligocarpella''''', from the [[Bonin Islands]], differs in the lobes on the leaves being less coarsely toothed, but is otherwise very similar. It is [[naturalised]] in [[Hawaii]].
'''''Fatsia polycarpa''''' is native to [[Taiwan]]. The leaves have 9-13 deep, narrow lobes, divided nearly to the base of the leaf. Some authors treat it in a separate genus, as ''Diplofatsia polycarpa''.
A sterile [[hybrid]] between ''Fatsia japonica'' and [[Ivy|''Hedera hibernica'']], named ''[[Fatshedera|× Fatshedera lizei]]'', has been produced in cultivation in [[western Europe]].
Some species formerly included in ''Fatisa'' are now classified in other genera. ''Fatsia papyrifera'' is now ''[[Tetrapanax|Tetrapanax papyrifer]]'' and ''Fatsia horrida'' is now ''[[Oplopanax horridus]]''.
<gallery>
Image:Fatsia japonica.jpg|A small ''Fatsia japonica'' leaf
Image:Fatsia japonica1.jpg|Close-up of flower umbel
</gallery>
== External links ==
* [http://aoki2.si.gunma-u.ac.jp/BotanicalGarden/PICTs/munin-yatude.jpeg Photo of ''Fatsia oligocarpella'' foliage]
* [http://www.ukoasis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fatspoly1.jpg Photo of ''Fatsia polycarpa'' foliage]
[[Category:Araliaceae]]