Heteropanax Explained

Heteropanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. They are native to Asia.

These plants are evergreen shrubs or trees. They are andromonoecious, producing bisexual and male flowers. They have compound leaves made up of a few leaflets. The inflorescence is a panicle of umbels, an array of several clusters of bisexual flowers with a few clusters of male flowers along the sides. Each has five petals. The fruit is a flattened drupe.^[1]

There are about ten species. Two are endemic to China.^[1]

Species include:

• Heteropanax balanseanus
• Heteropanax brevipedicellatus
• Heteropanax chinensis
  • H. chinensis var. chinensis
  • H. chinensis var. longipedicellata
• Heteropanax dhruvii^[2]
• Heteropanax fragrans
  • H. fragrans var. attenuatus
  • H. fragrans var. subcordatus
• Heteropanax hainanensis
• Heteropanax nitentifolius
• Heteropanax phanrangensis
• Heteropanax yunnanensis

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=115330 Heteropanax.
2. Srivastava, R. C., Singh, R. K., & Mukherjee, T. K. (2010). Bioculturally important rare new plant species of Heteropanax Seems (Araliaceae) from Eastern Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 9(2), 242-244.