Schefflera rhododendrifolia (Griff.) Frodin

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Schefflera

Characteristics

Trees, to 20 m tall, andromonoecious. Petiole to 30 cm; petiolules 1-2.5 cm, stout; leaflets (5 or)6 or 7(-9), narrowly obovate or oblong-lanceolate to nearly elliptic, 12-20 × 3-5 cm, leathery, abaxially densely gray-white stellate pubescent when young, later glabrescent and glaucous, adaxially glabrous and rugose, secondary veins 8-12 pairs, tertiary veins distinctly impressed adaxially in dry material, base cuneate, margin entire, revolute, sometimes with serrate or pinnate lobes on young plants, apex acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of umbels, densely stellate tomentose, glabrescent; primary axis to 20 cm; secondary axes to 18 cm; pedicels 5-10 mm. Calyx ca. 3 mm, inconspicuously 5-toothed. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles united into a column. Fruit globose, 4-5 mm in diam., 5-angular when dry; styles persistent, 1.5-2 mm; stigmas subcapitate. Fl. Aug, fr. unknown. 2n = 48.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 10.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 3-6
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses material
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 20 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Schefflera rhododendrifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Schefflera rhododendrifolia world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60427324-2
WFO ID wfo-0000306273
COL ID 4V784
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Panax rhododendrifolius Panax tomentosus Schefflera impressa Agalma tomentosum Heptapleurum impressum Heptapleurum tomentosum Hedera tomentosa Schefflera rhododendrifolia