Japanese Angelica Tree (Aralia elata)

Family: Araliaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Shoots

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young shoots - cooked. They can also be blanched and used in salads. The young shoots of Aralia elata are a popular wild food in Japan where the tree is known as Taranoki and the shoots as Taranome. In Korea the shoots are called dureup. — Young shoots - cooked.; They can also be blanched and used in salads.; The young shoots of Aralia elata are a popular wild food in Japan where the tree is known as Taranoki and the shoots as Taranome.; In Korea the shoots are called dureup.

Habitat & North American Range

Thin woodland and thickets on rich well moistened slopes, 900 - 2000 metres in N. Hupeh. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)