Vasilis Teodoridis:
Araliaceae | Macropanax
1. Macropanax rosthornii (Harms) C. Y. Wu ex G. Hoo; Acta Phytotax. Sin.; Addit. 1: 166. 1965.
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Nothopanax rosthornii Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 487. 1900; Acanthopanax rosthornii (Harms) R. Viguier; Heptapleurum esquirolii H. Léveillé; N. emeiensis Z. Y. Zhu.
Trees; to ca. 8 m tall. Petiole 4-20 cm; slender; petiolules 3-12 mm or leaflets sessile; leaflets 3-7; oblanceolate to narrowly obovate; 5-15(-17) x 1-3(-4.5) cm; papery; secondary veins 8-10 pairs; distinct on both surfaces; base narrowly acute to attenuate; margin serrulate; minutely thickened; apex shortly acuminate to caudate; acumen usually curved. Inflorescence paniculate; glabrous throughout; primary axis 8-20 cm; peduncles 1-3 cm; pedicels 3-8 mm. Calyx rim inconspicuous. Fruit ovoid to globose; 4-5 mm in diam.; styles persistent; 1.5-2 mm; divided apically.
? Shaded places in forests; scrub; roadsides; below 1500 m. Fujian; S Gansu; N Guangdong; N Guangxi; S Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Yunnan.
This species is used medicinally.