Schefflera leucantha R.Vig.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Schefflera

Characteristics

Shrubs or climbers, sometimes epiphytes, hermaphroditic. Petiole 3-14(-17) cm; petiolules 0.5-3(-5) cm, slender; leaflets 5-7, obovate or elliptic, usually narrowly so, 5-12(-15) × 1.5-4(-6) cm, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins 5-7 pairs, tertiary veins raised on both surfaces, prominent, base cuneate or broadly so, rarely nearly rounded, margin entire, minutely thickened, apex acuminate to caudate. Inflorescence a compact terminal panicle of umbels, sparsely pubescent; primary axis 1-4 cm; secondary axes 10(-15) cm; pedicels 2.5-7 mm. Calyx obscure. Ovary 5-carpellate; stigmas 5, sessile. Fruit globose to ovoid, rarely obovoid, 4-5 mm in diam., 5-ribbed when dry, generally conspicuously orange-red glandular punctate; disk slightly rounded to nearly flat. Fl. Jan-Feb, fr. Mar-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal poison
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Cultivation

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

Schefflera leucantha unspecified picture
Schefflera leucantha unspecified picture

Distribution

Schefflera leucantha world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:92180-1
WFO ID wfo-0000306030
COL ID 4V6ZH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Schefflera leucantha Schefflera tamdaoensis Schefflera kwangsiensis Schefflera tenuis