{"id":15692,"date":"2023-08-10T06:41:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T06:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/kasvit\/eleutherococcus_sessiliflorus\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T17:39:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T17:39:48","slug":"eleutherococcussessiliflorus","status":"publish","type":"kasvit","link":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/plants\/eleutherococcussessiliflorus\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus <\/em>grows at Mustila at the Festival Area, near its relative Siberian ginseng (E<\/em>. senticosus<\/em>). Both have 3-5-fingered leaves and black berries, which persist at the stem tips long after the leaves have fallen. The berries of Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus <\/em>form a tight ball, as suggested by the Latin epithet: sessilis <\/em>means \u201cwith no stalk\u201d and florus means \u201cflower\u201d. In contrast, Siberian ginseng berries have stalks about 2 cm long, and their berries are therefore less tightly bunched. Another characteristic which helps to distinguish these species is described by the Siberian\u2019s specific epithet senticosus<\/em>, i.e. thorny.<\/p>\n

E<\/em>. sessiliflorus <\/em>grows to about 2 metres, forming a rather sparse shrub. In late summer, the small green flowers, borne in umbels, can pass unnoticed, in contrast to the balls of berries, which continue to decorate the plant under a white cap of winter snow, unless they have been eaten by birds.<\/p>\n

E<\/em>. sessiliflorus <\/em>belongs to the exotic-looking Aralia <\/em>family, whose species sometimes make the newspapers for their miraculous effects. The strongest of them is Ginseng (Panax ginseng<\/em>), but also the Eleutherococcus <\/em>species have medicinal properties. The effective ingredient is found in the roots\u2019 surface layers.<\/p>\n