the Botanical name - Acanthopanax ricinifolius.
Grows in Japan, Korea and some regions of China, but qualitative wood is exported to Europe exclusively from Japan. The best wood - from island Hokkaido (Northern Japan).
Wood has colour from homogeneously white to zheltovato-brown, often there are the dark stains disseminated on a surface. Svejesrublennaya wood has a sharp, unpleasant smell.