Tetrapanax papyrifer (Hook.) K.Koch, Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 371 (1859) (syn: Aralia mairei H.Lév.Aralia papyrifera Hook. ; Didymopanax papyrifer (Hook.) K.Koch ex Ed.Otto ; Echinopanax papyrifer (Hook.) Kuntze ; Fatsia papyrifera (Hook.) Miq. ex Witte ; Panax papyrifer (Hook.) F.Muell. );
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Central & S. China, Taiwan; Introduced into: Alabama, Azores, Brazil South, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Madeira, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Réunion, St.Helena as per POWO;
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Id of a Shrub -ID11032024SH2: 3 high res. images.
Location – Kolakham, Kalimpong Dist., West Bengal
Date – February 2024


Cultivated ?? Araliaceae ! Could be a Brassaopsis !


Yes, looks like cultivated.


The inflorescence is not clear.
Can you send a cropped clear image showing the flowers?
It somewhat appears close to images at https://efloraofindia.com/2015/04/06/fatsia-japonica/, but I am not able to see such large drooping inflorescence on the net.

Or can it be
https://efloraofindia.com/2013/02/01/brassaiopsis-hainla/?


Sending you the cropped image of inflorescence. But Sorry, this one too is not very clear.
 The links sent by you are showing small  and erect inflorescences. But in my photos, they are drooping and bit huger.
3 images- 1 high res.


I guess it is not Fatsia japonica (Thunb.) Decne. & Planch. !


it’s Tetrapanax papyrifer


 

 

 


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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  Lucid Central  India Flora Online  India Biodiversity Portal  NCSU  MBG

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