Vasilis Teodoridis:
Araliaceae | Eleutherococcus
7. Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus Oliver; Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1711. 1887.
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Shrubs; to 4 m tall; sometimes climbers. Branches glabrous; with few; slender; terete prickles generally at nodes. Petiole 3-10 cm; petiolule of central leaflet 3-6 mm; leaflets (3-)5; oblong; oblanceolate; or lanceolate; rarely obovate; 6-14 x 2.5-6 cm; papery; both surfaces glabrous (rarely abaxially pubescent when young; glabrescent); secondary veins 6-10 pairs; base cuneate; margin sharply biserrate; apex acuminate or long acuminate. Inflorescence terminal; a corymbose panicle of umbels or a solitary umbel; borne on leafy shoots; peduncles 0.6-10 cm; pedicels 1-2 cm; glabrous. Calyx with 5 teeth; glabrous. Corolla yellowish green. Ovary 5-carpellate; glabrous; styles united into a column. Fruit ovoid-globose; 5-7 mm in diam.; styles persistent; 1-1.2 cm. Fl. Jun-Aug; fr. Aug-Nov.
? Scrub fields; forests; forest margins in valleys; 100-3200 m. Anhui; Gansu; Guangdong; Guizhou; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Shaanxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [?Bhutan].