Aralia cordata
Udo / Udo
Araliaceae (klimopfamilie)
Edible plant part (3)
Shoots (growing),
leaf stalks,
flower buds
Read 'form of consumption' for safe preparation methods
Udo belongs to the herbacious layer in the food forest. Fully grown the plant has an average height of 3 meter. and a width of 1 meter.
This species forms a deep root system.
Disclaimer:
The types of cultivars and hybrids in this database have been carefully chosen for good quality
properties for food forests. They do not mean instant success. Food forestry
is still a young field in which it is a core value to have the right plant in the right place
and to focus on great diversity.
foto: User:BotBln, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aralia_cordata_BotGardBln07122011D.JPG
foto: User:BotBln, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aralia_cordata_BotGardBln07122011D.JPG
foto: Agnieszka Kwiecień, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aralia_cordata_Aralia_sercowata_2019-08-09_02.jpg
Growth factors
- Frost (whole plant)
-
very strong frost
cold frost
mild frost
light frost
no frost
- Light
-
full sun
light shade
half shade
fairly deep shade
deep shade
- Soil texture
-
sand
loam
light clay
heavy clay
peat
- Soil moisture
-
inundation
wet
moist
dry
drought
- Soil acidity
-
very acid
acid
neutral
alkaline
very alkaline
- Soil fertility
-
very rich
rich
average
poor
very poor
Voorkeur
Ongeschikt
Flowering and pollination
- Flowering period (peak)
- early july
- Pollination vector
- insects
Life Span and Plant Health
Harvest and Consumption
Shoots (growing)
Leaf stalks
Flower buds
- Harvest location edible part
- High, but within reach
- Harvesting period - start
- Mid march
- Harvesting period - length
- Several months
- Form of consumption
- Fresh, processed
- Productive life span - start (year) - minimum
- 3
- Productive life span - start (year) - maximum
- 4
- Harvesting period - start
- Mid march
- Form of consumption
- Fresh, processed
- Harvesting period - start
- End of july