辽东楤木 liao dong cong mu

Aralia spinosa var. glabrescens Franchet & Savatier, Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 191. 1873; A. chinensis var. glabrescens (Franchet & Savatier) C. K. Schneider; A. chinensis var. mandshurica (Ruprecht & Maximowicz) Rehder; A. elata var. mandshurica (Ruprecht & Maximowicz) J. Wen; A. mandshurica Ruprecht & Maximowicz; Dimorphanthus mandshuricus (Ruprecht & Maximowicz) Maximowicz.

Leaflets membranous or papery, abaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent and echinulate on veins. Pedicels 5-10 mm.

Forests, scrub fields; below 1000 m. NE Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin (Antu, Jiaohe, Manjiang), Liaoning (Jiguanshan), N Shandong [Japan, Korea, E Russia].

The first author treats this variety to include material from Japan (including the type of Aralia spinosa var. glabrescens) and S Korea that Wen (Cathaya 15-16: 71-75. 2004) included in her concept of A. elata var. elata.

This variety is used medicinally and as a vegetable.