Schefflera hoi R.Vig.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Schefflera

Characteristics

Trees, to 12 m tall, andromonoecious. Petiole (6-)10-50(-60) cm; petiolules 1-5 cm; leaflets (3-)5-9, narrowly obovate to oblong, 5-22(-30) × 1.5-5(-10) cm, papery to subleathery, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins 8-22 pairs, conspicuous on both surfaces, base rounded to acute, margin entire, apex acuminate, rarely acute. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of racemes, ferruginous or sparsely stellate pubescent, sometimes glabrescent; primary axis 15-50 cm; secondary axes 15(-25) cm, ferruginous; pedicels 2-4(-6) mm. Calyx rim 1.5-2.5 mm, sometimes scarious, sparsely stellate to glabrous, inconspicuously 5-toothed. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles united into a column. Fruit globose, 4-5 mm in diam., slightly 5-ribbed when dry; styles persistent, ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. Aug-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 12.0
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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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Distribution

Schefflera hoi world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:92127-1
WFO ID wfo-0000305944
COL ID 65JWR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Schefflera hoi Agalma hoi Heptapleurum hoi Schefflera hoi var. hoi