Species

Fatsia japonica

Etymology

Fatsia: From the Japanese name for this shrub Fatsi
japonica: of Japan

Common Name(s)

fatsia

Authority

Fatsia japonica (Thunb.) Decne. & Planch.

Family

Araliaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

FATJAP

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Habitat

Terrestrial.

Features

Tree (up to 6 m) with large leaves and a green-black spherical berry 5-8mm diameter (Rogan, 1997).

Flowering

March, April, May

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1981

Origin

Japan, S. Korea

Reason For Introduction
Ornamental

Dispersal
Seed is dispersed a reasonable distance probably by birds e.g. starlings, blackbirds, mynas, song thrushes, kereru (Rogan, 1997).

Tolerances
High shade tolerance (Rogan, 1997). Frost hardy tolerating temperatures down to -5 C(Rogan, 1997).

This page last updated on 25 Mar 2010