《云南植物志》|| 五加科 Araliaceae ||五加科 Araliaceae ||楤木属 Aralia Linn.

16．楤木属 Aralia Linn.
小乔木、灌木或草本，有刺或无刺。叶互生，落叶性，1－3回羽状复叶。花杂性同株，伞形花序排列成圆锥花序式；萼5齿裂；花瓣5，覆瓦状排列；雄蕊5；子房下位，2－5室，花柱2—5，分离或基部合生。果为核果或浆果状，近球形，3—5稜；种子压扁。
约40余种，分布于亚洲、大洋洲和北美洲。我国有30余种，产南北各省；云南有17种和4变种，产全省各地。

《云南植物志》|| 五加科 Araliaceae || Aralia ||楤木民 Aralia Linn.

16．楤木民 Aralia Linn.
小乔木、灌木或草本，有刺或无刺。叶互生，落叶性，1－3回羽状复叶。花杂性同株，伞形花序排列成圆锥花序式；萼5齿裂；花瓣5，覆瓦状排列；雄蕊5；子房下位，2－5室，花柱2—5，分离或基部合生。果为核果或浆果状，近球形，3—5稜；种子压扁。
约40余种，分布于亚洲、大洋洲和北美洲。我国有30余种，产南北各省；云南有17 种和4变种，产全省各地。

《中国植物志》|| 五加科 ARALIACEAE ||楤木族 ARALIEAE ||楤木属 Aralia Linn.

21．楤木属*——Aralia Linn.
Linn. Sp. Pl. 1: 273. 173.
小乔木、灌木或多年生草本，通常有刺，稀无刺。叶大，一至数回羽状复叶；托叶和叶柄基部合生，先端离生，稀不明显或无托叶。花杂性，聚生为伞形花序，稀为头状花序，再组成圆锥花序；苞片和小苞片宿存或早落；花梗有关节；萼筒边缘有5小齿；花瓣弓，在花芽中覆瓦状排列；雄蕊5，花丝细长；子房5室，稀4-2室；花柱5，稀4-2，离生或基部合生；花盘小，边缘略隆起。果实球形，有5棱，稀4-2棱。种子白色，侧扁，胚乳匀一。
本属的模式种：刺楤木Aralia spinosa Linn., 产于北美洲。
本属约有30多种，大多数分布于亚洲，少数分布于北美洲。我国有30种。
本属为小乔木、灌木或多年生草本，通常为二至三回羽状复叶，花5数，花柱离生或基部合生，和五叶参属Pentapanax Seem.的关系密切，并较其进化程度高，但花柱的合生程度则不及五叶参属。

《Flora of China》|| Araliaceae || ||楤木属 Aralia

22. Aralia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 273. 1753.

楤木属 cong mu shu

Dimorphanthus Miquel (1840-1841), not Dimorphanthes Cassini (1818).

Trees, small, or shrubs, prickly, or unarmed, rhizomatous herbs, andromonoecious or hermaphroditic. Leaves 1-3-pinnately compound, rachis articulate; leaflets 3-20, entire to serrate, serrulate, crenate, or undulate; stipules connate with petioles at base. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, paniculate, corymbose or umbellate, usually consisting of umbels, capitula, or racemes, occasionally umbels solitary. Pedicels articulate below ovary. Calyx rim 5-dentate. Petals 5, imbricate. Stamens 5. Ovary 5(or 6)-carpellate, occasionally aborted to 3; styles 5, distinct or connate at base. Fruit a berry, ± globose, sometimes 3-5-angular. Seeds laterally compressed; endosperm uniform.

About 40 species: mainly in SE Asia and China, a few in the Americas; 29 species (17 endemic) in China.

The first author circumscribes Aralia to exclude the species treated here in Pentapanax. Wen, however, has provided evidence showing that this group is clearly nested within Aralia and must be included therein in order to avoid rendering Aralia paraphyletic. Wen’s interpretation is favored by the second author. For further details and references see the discussion under Pentapanax.

A thorough revision of Aralia sect. Dimorphanthus was recently published by Wen (Cathaya 15-16: 1-187. 2004), treating material assigned to the first 19 species presented below. Wen adopted circumscriptions of several species that differ significantly from those used by the first author in the present treatment (most notably A. armata, A. dasyphylla, and A. elata).

Several species are used medicinally and as a vegetable (young stems and leaves).