Aralia frodiniana is a plant species endemic to the Island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is a shrub with prickles on the stems. Leaves are bipinnate with hair and prickles on the petioles. Leaflets are ovate to elliptical, up to 8 cm long, with teeth along the margins, upper side green with a few hairs, lower side much lighter and very densely hairy. Inflorescence about 35 cm long, a collection of umbels in a paniculate array. Fruits spherical, about 4 mm in diameter, with 5 seeds each.