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| name = ''Eleutherococcus''
| name = ''Eleutherococcus''
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| color = IndianRed
| image = Eleutherococcus gracilistylus BotGardBln1105 LeavesFallFruits.JPG
| image = Eleutherococcus gracilistylus BotGardBln1105 LeavesFallFruits.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = ''E. gracilistylus''
| image_caption = E. gracilistylus
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
|unranked_ordo = Asterids
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
|ordo = Apiales
| subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]]
|familia = Araliaceae
| genus = '''''Eleutherococcus'''''
|subfamilia = Aralioideae
| genus_authority = [[Carl Maximowicz|Maxim.]]
|genus = Eleutherococcus
}}
{{Inc|
Eleutherococcus (syn. Acanthopanax{{wp}}) (acanthos, thorn, and panax, a prickly panax-like plant). Hardy trees or shrubs, cultivated chiefly for their ornamental foliage.
Branches and sts. usually prickly: lvs. alternate, long-petioled, palmately lobed or digitate, deciduous: fls. small, usually greenish, perfect or polygamous, in umbels, sometimes forming large terminal panicles; calyx-teeth minute; petals and stamens 5, rarely 4; ovary 2-5-celled; styles 2—5, free or connate: fr. a black, 2-5-seeded berry.—More than 15 species in Cent, and E. Asia and in the Himalayas.
The members of this genus are trees or large shrubs with stout, usually prickly branches and large, palmately lobed or digitate leaves, small greenish flowers in umbels, sometimes forming large terminal panicles, followed by small black berries.
For cultivation of Eleutherococcus, see the genus Aralia. The species described below are hardy except E. pentaphyllum, which is tender north of Massachusetts, and E. trifoliatum and E. setchuenense, which are probably still more tender.
Propagation is by seeds, to be sown as soon as received, or stratified and sown in spring; they germinate irregularly and may lie two years; also propagated by root-cuttings with bottom heat, and by soft-wood cuttings taken from forced plants; A. pentaphyllum grows also from cuttings of ripened wood.{{SCH}}
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
*''[[Eleutherococcus baoxinensis]]''
*''[[Eleutherococcus baoxinensis]]''
*''[[Eleutherococcus brachypus]]''
*''[[Eleutherococcus brachypus]]''
*''[[Eleutherococcus wilsonii]]''
*''[[Eleutherococcus wilsonii]]''
*''[[Eleutherococcus xizangensis]]''
*''[[Eleutherococcus xizangensis]]''
==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
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[[Category:Araliaceae]]
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