Schefflera khasiana R.Vig.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Schefflera

Characteristics

Trees, to ca. 10 m tall, hermaphroditic. Petiole 15-34 cm; petiolules 2.5-6 cm; leaflets 5-7(-9), oblong to elliptic, ovate or obovate, often narrowly so, 11-22 × 4-8 cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins 12-16 pairs, inconspicuous abaxially, raised adaxially, base obtuse to rounded, margin entire, minutely thickened, revolute, apex shortly acuminate, often abruptly so. Inflorescence a pseudo-lateral panicle of umbels, gray white stellate pubescent, glabrescent; primary axis ca. 10 cm; secondary axes to ca. 30 cm; peduncles 0.5-1 cm; pedicels ca. 2.5 mm. Calyx subentire. Ovary 6-9(or 10)-carpellate; stigmas broadly conic, sessile. Fruit globose, ca. 4 mm in diam., slightly ribbed when dry. Fl. Apr-May, Nov, fr. May-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Light -
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
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Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 20 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Schefflera khasiana world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:92154-1
WFO ID wfo-0000305991
COL ID 4V6YC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Schefflera khasiana Heptapleurum khasianum Schefflera yui