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Old 16-10-2007, 01:09 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Viciously thorny tree/shrub ID please


In article ,
Stewart Robert Hinsley writes:
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| From Wikipedia "Kalopanax septemlobus, common name Kalopanax or Prickly
| Castor-oil Tree, is a deciduous tree in the family Araliaceae, the sole
| species in the genus Kalopanax. It is native to northeastern Asia, from
| Sakhalin and Japan west to southwestern China."

That reminded me, and the one I was thinking of is Aralia spinosa.
I don't think that either are right, because I think that both have
straight thorns, but my betting would be on one of the Araliaceae.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.