Schefflera elata Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Schefflera

Characteristics

Trees, to ca. 13 m tall, andromonoecious. Petiole to 35 cm; petiolules 1.5-5 cm; leaflets 4-7, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 10-23 × 4-6.5 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous or abaxially sparsely stellate pubescent on midvein, secondary veins 8-15 pairs, conspicuous abaxially, base obtuse, margin entire, slightly revolute, apex acuminate, often falcate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of umbels, sparsely stellate pubescent, nearly glabrescent; primary axis to 35 cm, secondary axes to 17 cm, with a terminal umbel of bisexual flowers and usually 1-4 lateral umbels of male flowers; pedicels 8-14 mm. Calyx glabrous. Ovary 5-carpellate. Fruit obovoid-globose, 4-5 × ca. 4 mm, 5-angled when dry; styles persistent, ca. 2 mm. Fl. Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 13.0
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses material
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 20 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
Germination luminosity light
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Schefflera elata world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:92058-1
WFO ID wfo-0000305845
COL ID 6XVNR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sciodaphyllum elatum Schefflera elata Schefflera bhutanica Agalma elatum Agalma griffithii Heptapleurum elatum Hedera elata Paratropia elata Heptapleurum elatum var. griffithii