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Heteropanax fragrans
Heteropanax fragrans is an evergreen tree in the ivy family (Araliaceae) native to the Indian Subcontinent, southern China and Indo-China. It is grown mainly as a tree in warm, humid climates rather than as a houseplant.
Heteropanax fragrans is an evergreen plant in the Araliaceae family. The leaves of this arboreal plant are fed on by the larvae of the Eri silk moth (Samia ricini). In the Mizo language it is known as Changkhen and in Assamese it is called Keseru. The tree is found in Assam; Bangladesh; Cambodia; South Central China; China Southeast; Eastern Himalayas; Hainan; India; Myanmar; Nepal; Vietnam; Western Himalayas; Thailand.
Heteropanax nitentifolius · Heteropanax yunnanensis · Heteropanax
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heteropanax fragrans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
