Schefflera elliptica Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Schefflera

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, to 10 m tall, sometimes scandent or epiphytic. Petiole 4-14(-18) cm; petiolules 2-5 cm; leaflets 5-7, elliptic to oblong or obovate, 11-16(-26) × 4-6(-16) cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins 5 or 6(-20) pairs, tertiary veins raised, prominent, base attenuate or obtuse to nearly rounded, margin entire, minutely thickened, sometimes revolute, apex acuminate to acute. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of umbels, sparsely to densely stellate when young, glabrescent; primary axis (2-)4-20(-30) cm; secondary axes to 18 cm; peduncles 0.5-1.5 cm; pedicels 2-3 mm. Calyx obscure. Ovary 5-carpellate; stigmas 5, sessile. Fruit ovoid to ellipsoid or subglobose, 3-4 mm, 5-ribbed when dry; disk broadly conic to pyramidal. Fl. Mar-Jul, fr. Feb-Jul, Oct.
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A shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support climber free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Common in primary and secondary forest and thickets, often along rivers and also frequent along the coast and in mangrove vegetation, at elevations up to 2,500 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light 1-6
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fuel material medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Toothache (unspecified), Ache(Bones) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 20 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Schefflera elliptica world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Mauritius, Nepal, Philippines, Réunion, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Schefflera elliptica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:92060-1
WFO ID wfo-0000305848
COL ID 6XVNS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 957812
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Synonyms

Paratropia micrantha Paratropia verticillata Polyscias odorata Schefflera elliptica Schefflera minimiflora Schefflera nitida Schefflera odorata Sciodaphyllum verticillatum Paratropia crassa Paratropia elliptica Paratropia macrantha Unjala rheedei Hedera venosa Hedera verticillata Heptapleurum ellipticum Heptapleurum micranthum Heptapleurum verticillatum Hedera terebinthinacea Heptapleurum natale Schefflera agusanensis Paratropia elliptica var. ovata Paratropia elliptica var. riparia Paratropia elliptica var. tetraphylla Paratropia elliptica var. verticillata Schefflera elliptica var. microphylla Paratropia elliptica var. micrantha Schefflera micrantha Sciodaphyllum ellipticum Schefflera fukienensis