Schefflera heptaphylla (L.) Frodin

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Schefflera

Characteristics

Trees, to 15 m tall, andromonoecious. Petiole (5-)10-30 cm; petiolules 1.5-5 cm; leaflets 6-9(-11), elliptic to oblong-elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 7-18 × 3-5 cm, papery to leathery, densely stellate pubescent when young, glabrescent except on midvein and in axils of veins, secondary veins 7-10 pairs, tertiary veins inconspicuous, base attenuate or cuneate to obtuse or rounded, margin entire, often serrate or pinnately lobed on young plants, apex abruptly acute to acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of umbels, densely stellate tomentose, glabrescent; primary axis to 35 cm; secondary axes 25(-35) cm, with a terminal umbel of bisexual flowers and several to many lateral umbels of bisexual or more often male flowers, usually also with 1 to several bisexual flowers borne just below apical umbel; pedicels 4-5 mm. Calyx pubescent at first, entire or 5-or 6-toothed. Ovary 5-9(or 10)-carpellate; styles united into a thick column less than 1.5 mm. Fruit globose, ca. 5 mm in diam., inconspicuously angled when dry; styles persistent, to ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Sep-Dec, fr. Dec-Feb.
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A tree. It grows 15 m tall. The leaf stalk is 10-30 cm long. There ate 6-9 leaflets. There are narrowly oval and 7-18 cm long by 3-5 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 13.5 - 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.3
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Relatively open forest and forest edges. Evergreen broad-leaved forests on mountain slopes.
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It is a subtropical plant.
Light 2-6
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-9

Usage

Uses construction food material medicinal wood
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
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°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Schefflera heptaphylla leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Schefflera heptaphylla leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Schefflera heptaphylla flower picture by shek yuen chung (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Schefflera heptaphylla world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962429-1
WFO ID wfo-0000305931
COL ID 4V6WW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Paratropia cantoniensis Schefflera choganhensis Schefflera octophylla Aralia heptaphylla Aralia octonata Aralia octophylla Schefflera heptaphylla Schefflera rubriflora Sciodaphyllum heptaphyllum Ampelopsis heptaphylla Agalma octophyllum Agalma lutchuense Heptapleurum octophyllum Heptapleurum octophyllum Vitis heptaphylla Aralia octophylla var. cantonensis