Plant-of-the-Week Description

False Aralia

 

Common Name
:    False Aralia

Scientific Name:   Dizygotheca elegantissima
Family:                  Araliaceaa

    Native to New Caledonia and Polynesia; often mistaken as the marijuana (Cannabis sativa) plant for its similar palmately compound leaves with slender and toothed leaflets; used as single- or multi-stem specimen plants often elegant; low humidity and saline root medium may cause leaf drops; propagated by seed, air-layering, or stem cuttings; susceptible to mealybug and spider mites.