Schefflera actinophylla
COMMON NAME | Australia umbrella
tree or Octopus tree |
TYPE | Tree |
FAMILY | Araliaceae |
NOTES | An evergreen tree
growing to 50 ft tall. It has palmately compound medium green leaves in
groups of seven leaflets. It is usually multi-trunked, with small red flowers
in compact umbels developing at the top of the tree radiating out like the
tentacles of an octopus. The specific epithet actinophylla means "with
radiating leaves" |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Australia and New Guinea |
NATIVE HABITAT | Along stream banks,
wet forests, sometimes epiphytic; at elevations up to 3000 ft. |
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