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Kalopanax is a genus in family Araliaceae, and Kalopanax septemlobus is the only species in the genus. It is native to China, Japan, Korea and part of Russia, where it grows in the forests. Kalopanax is commonly known as Kalopanax, Prickly Castor-oil tree, Tree Aralia or Castor Aralia. Kalopanax has attractive leaves, white flowers and bears small, round, blue-black fruits containing 2 seeds. It can grow to a height of 30 m with a trunk of 1-1.5m in diameter. In winter, the bare trunk and stems are heavily spined. Kalopanax like full sun or partial shade, in moisture-retentive but well-drained soil. Propagation is done either by seed in autumn or greenwood cuttings in early summer.  Kalopanax septemlobus Author: Dalgial (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0-unported)  Kalopanax septemlobus Author: Keith Edkins (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0)  Kalopanax septemlobus Author: Magnus Manske (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0-unported)  Kalopanax septemlobus Author: Dalgial (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0-unported) | |||||
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