Araliaceae

Located between 800 – 1,800/2,000 m altitude, evergreen transition forests are dense middle-high forests structured in two or three layers, in which Lauraceae, Moraceae, Myrtaceae, Bignomiaceae, Euphorbiaciae, and Araliaceae are the most common families.

Venezuelan Andes montane forests 2008

There is a rich understory in these habitats, with shrubs of Rubiaceae and Euphorbiaceae, palms (Arenga pinnata and Pinanga cochinchinensis), arborescent ferns (Cibotium, Cyathea, and Oleandra), Pandanus, and Araliaceae.

Cardamom Mountains rain forests 2007

Some of the canopy species are common to the lower-elevation forest and some are unique to mid-elevation forest such as the Weinmannia (Cunoniaceae) and Schefflera (Araliaceae).

Madagascar lowland forests 2007

I observed no less than 5 Araliaceae, of which I succeeded in getting 4: an Acer, probably that from Brahma Koond: and several _incertae_.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

More bulky trunks were masses of interlacing climbers, _Araliaceae, Leguminosae, Vines, _ and

Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

_Araliaceae_; the larger trees being covered with orchids, climbing palms, _Pothos, Scindapsus, _ pepper, and _Gnetum_; while masses of beautiful red and violet balsams grew under every hedge and rock.

Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

_Araliaceae, _ with smooth or armed slender trunks, and _Mappa_-like _Euphorbiaceae, _ spread their long petioles horizontally forth, each terminated with an ample leaf some feet in diameter.

Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

About Yoksun itself, which occupies a very warm sheltered flat, many tropical genera occur, such as tall bamboos of two kinds, grasses allied to the sugar-cane, scarlet _Erythrina, _ and various _Araliaceae, _ amongst which was one species whose pith was of so curious a structure, that I had no hesitation in considering the then unknown Chinese substance called rice-paper to belong to a closely allied plant.

Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864