![]() The glossy leaves have between 7 and 9 lobes (typically 8, which is why they have the genus name 'Fatsia' which in an older Japanese language means '8' (the modern day Japanese word for 8 is now 'hachi'). The leaves are much larger than those of Ivy and with many more than three the lobes of Ivy. Each globular cluster resembles that of Ivy to which it is related. The flowers are in globular clusters, the clusters arranged hierarchically as a panicle. Native to Japan, they grow between 3 and 6m tall. More likely to be found in a garden than growing wild, but it is to be found mostly in and around the Greater London area. It has several other names, one of which is Fig-leaf Palm, but it bears no relation to Palm. The globular clusters of flowers bear some similarities to : Ivyĭistinguishing Feature : The large shiny green 7-9 lobed leaves which are deeply lobed. The outer halves have coarse but blunt teeth. The leaves are glossy green, in various shades between mid-green to dark green depending on whether the sun regularly shines on them. Each lobe has a conspicuous lighter-coloured mid-rib, with curved veins branching off it. The leaves are large, up to a foot across, palmate, and with between seven and nine lobes, cut to more than half-way where the cut is neatly rounded for stress-relief so that they are less prone to tear. Petals (sepals?) still have the pale Kendal-green tint near the tips.Ģ1st May 2012, pub garden, Waterloo, Merseyside.Īfter flowering the ovaries turn to hard fruits, brown at first, then turning black when ripe. Without the white pollen, the anthers are brown. The panicle grows longer, and each clump spreads out to become a globular cluster of pale green flower buds.Īt first each slightly pentangular flower bud is pale kendal-green.Įach flower has five long white to green 'petals' (possibly sepals?), a creamy yellow ovary in the centre and five white stamens with white anthers. Each clump wrapped in five green to orange sepals. The flowers first emerge as a clump of buds about the size of a tennis ball with the large leaves on long stalks below it.Įach panicle consists of a clump of small brownish buds. Grows up to 6m tall, but usually only to 3m. ![]() JAPANESE ARALIA FIG-LEAF PALM Fatsia japonica Ivy Family ![]() ![]() ![]() Fig Leaf for Fashion.Aralia (Japanese) / Japanese Aralia / Fig Leaf Palm - Wild Flower Finder Instead, it has protected the image and reputation of brands and their business models, while standing in the way of more effective models that include mandatory transparency and binding commitments to remediation. Evidence presented throughout the report clearly shows how the social audit industry has failed spectacularly in its proffered mission of protecting workers’ safety and improving working conditions. How social auditing protects brands and fails workers This September 2019 report offers an extensive analysis of the corporate controlled audit industry, connecting the dots between the most well known business-driven social compliance initiatives, such as Social Accountability International, WRAP, the FLA, and amfori BSCI, and the largest corporate-controlled auditing firms, including Bureau Veritas, TÜV Rheinland, UL, RINA, and ELEVATE, as well as the brand interests that they serve. ![]()
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