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Aralia is a genus of the plant family Araliaceae, consisting of about 40 species of deciduousDeciduous means "temporary" or "tending to fall off". Deciduous plants are those that lose their foliage for part of the year. In most cases, the foliage loss coincides with the incidence of winter in temperate or polar climates, but some plants lose thei and evergreenThis article is about plant types. For other uses see Evergreen (disambiguation Evergreen has two meanings in relation to plants: Evergreen means a plant retaining its foliage year-round (a botanist would say the leaves are persistent or not ''deciduous . treeThis article is about the biological organisms known as trees. For other meanings of the word see tree (disambiguation). oak tree in Denmark A tree can be defined as a large perennial woody plant. Though there is no set definition of size, it is generallys and shrubThe word 'bush' re-directs here; for alternate uses see Bush (disambiguation A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 ms, and some rhizomatous perennials.
They are typically mountain woodland plants originating in Asia and the Americas.
Aralia species have large pinnate or 3-pinnate leaves, sometimes covered with bristles, the flowers are whitish or greenish occurring in terminal panicles, and the spherical dark fruits are popular with birds.
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Some species formerly classified as Aralia are now in Schefflera , Fatsia, and Tetrapanax .
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