Schefflera arboricola
COMMON NAME | Dwarf Umbrella tree |
TYPE | Shrub |
FAMILY | Araliaceae |
NOTES | An evergreen shrub or
small tree that grows in tropical climates to 10-25' tall on upright stems
clad with glossy, slender-stalked, compound, palmate, evergreen leaves. Each
leaf has 7-9 obovate-oblong to elliptic leaflets (to 4-6" long) arranged
in a circle on leafstalks to 6" long. Tiny red flowers in compound
panicles bloom in summer. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | E. Asia - southern China, Taiwan |
NATIVE HABITAT | Along stream banks,
wet forests, sometimes epiphytic |
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