Oplopanax
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Oplopanax is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, consisting of three species of deciduous shrubs, native to western North America and northeastern Asia.
The species have spiny stems, large palmately lobed leaves, and whitish or greenish flowers occurring in terminal panicles. The fruit is a small spherical red drupe, popular with birds.
- Species
- Oplopanax elatus (northeast China, Korea, far eastern Russia)
- Oplopanax horridus (Devil's club; western North America)
- Oplopanax japonicus (Japan)
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