Aralia excelsa

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Aralia excelsa.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Samain, M.-S. |author2= Machuca Machuca, K. |author3= Martínez Salas, E. |date=2022 |title= Aralia excelsa |volume=2022 |page= e.T176099132A204728541 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T176099132A204728541.en |access-date=May 19, 2024}}

|genus = Aralia

|species = excelsa

|authority = (Griseb.) J.Wen

|synonyms = {{species list |Sciadodendron excelsum|Griseb.

|Pentapanax granatensis|Rusby

|Reynoldsia americana|Donn.Sm.}}

|synonyms_ref =[http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/50285047?projectid=7 Aralia excelsa.] Flora of Nicaragua. Tropicos: Missouri Botanical Garden.[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-220782 Aralia excelsa.] The Plant List.

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Aralia excelsa is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae.{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/G4SK |title= Aralia excelsa (Griseb.) J. Wen |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=May 19, 2024}} It is native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America and parts of the Caribbean.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20012157-1 Aralia excelsa.] Kew Science Plants of the World Online.

This species is a shrub or tree up to 20 meters tall with tripinnate leaves and umbels of flowers.