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|familia=Hedera hibernica

|familia=Hedera hibernica

|genus=Fatsia

|genus=Fatsia

|species= japonica

|species=japonica

|habit=shrub

|habit=shrub

|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|Max wd metric=ft

|Max wd metric=ft

|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|lifespan=perennial

|lifespan=perennial

|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|exposure=sun, part-sun

|exposure=sun, part-sun

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|features=flowers

|features=evergreen, flowers

|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall

|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall

|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381

|flowers=white

|flowers=white

|Temp Metric=°F

|Temp Metric=°C

|min_zone=8

|min_zone=8

|max_zone=11

|max_zone=11

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|image=Fatsia japonica0.jpg

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'''''Fatsia japonica''''' ('''Fatsi''' or '''Japanese Aralia'''; [[synonymy|syn.]] ''Aralia japonica'' Thunb., ''A. sieboldii'' Hort. ex [[K.Koch]]) is a species of ''[[Fatsia]]'', native to southern [[Japan]].

| name = ''Fatsia japonica''

 

| common_names = Fatsi, Japanese Aralia

It is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] growing to 3-6 m tall, with stout, sparsely branched stems. The [[leaf|leaves]] are spirally-arranged, large, 20-50 cm in width and on a petiole up to 50 cm long, leathery, palmately lobed, with 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. The [[flower]]s are small, white, borne in dense terminal compound [[umbel]]s in late autumn or early winter, followed by small black [[fruit]].

| growth_habit = evergreen shrub{{wp}}

 

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It is commonly grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in warm temperate regions where winters do not fall below about -15°C.

 

| origin = S [[Japan]]

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| water = ?  <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->

| features =    <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->

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| image = Fatsia japonica0.jpg

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Fatsia japonica, Decne. & Planch. (Aralia japonica, Thunb., not Hort.? A. Sieboldii, Hort.). Lvs. downy at first, finally shining green: fls. in umbels. Japan, China.—Abroad are cult, forms with white or golden margins and a form reticulated with gold markings. Var. Moseri, Hort., is regarded as an improved, more compact-growing variety which originated with Moser of Fontainebleau.{{SCH}}

Fatsia japonica, Decne. & Planch. (Aralia japonica, Thunb., not Hort.? A. Sieboldii, Hort.). Lvs. downy at first, finally shining green: fls. in umbels. Japan, China.—Abroad are cult, forms with white or golden margins and a form reticulated with gold markings. Var. Moseri, Hort., is regarded as an improved, more compact-growing variety which originated with Moser of Fontainebleau.{{SCH}}

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