Aralia cachemirica

Aralia cachemirica Decne., Voy. Inde 4: 72 1841. (Syn: Aralia macrophylla Lindl.);
 

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Aralia cachemerica from Kashmir:  Aralia cachemirica Lindl.,  Voy. Inde 4: 72 1841.
syn: Aralia macrophylla Lindl.
Local names: Khoree (Kashmir), Bankhor (Punjab)
Perennial herb up to 3 m tall; l2-3 pinnate on up to 15 cm long petiole; leaflets  4-15.5 cm long, ovate, serrate, apex acuminate, glabrous; lower leaflets petiolulate to sub-petiolulate, upper sessile to sub-sessile; flowers greenish-yellow in globular umbels, forming axillary or terminal panicles; pedicels and penduncles puberulous. calyx toothed, persistent. petals ovate; stamens 5, filaments longer than the petals; styles 5, united at the base, persistent; Fruit a 5-angled drupe, 2-3 mm long.
Endemic to N W Himalayas, occurring in forest areas and openings.
Photographed from Herbal Garden below Cheshmashahi (July) and Kashmir University Botanical Garden (August) where it has been grown.
Aralia as a group are popular houseplants in the temperate zone... but this aralia is new to me...
Yes ... It is endemic to this region. 
 
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Habitat: mountain slope
Habit: herb, about 2 m high; photos could be insufficient to get to the ID. Please validate to genus level.

I hope Aralia cachemirica
Looks like Aralia cachemirica
Am convinced by your and ... hopes.
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VOF Week: Aralia cachemirica from the Trek: This was found along Gobind Ghat-Ghanghariya trek....and is Aralia cachemirica most probably...hope to get validating/rectifying comments...
I am assuming we are seeing -- budding and fruiting in at least two pictures: (7).JPG and (12).JPG
Thanks ... yes here are buds and "would be" fruits, as I believe the buds belong to male flowers...
Very nice find
Family : Araliaceae
Interesting. Thanks a lot for sharing. I never saw this. I like Araliaceae sometimes :)
 
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VoF Week: Aralia cachemirica from from way to Ghangriya: Aralia cachemirica from from way to Ghangriya
Yes ... Very good photographs
here are fruits from my Kashmir visit


 
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