Polyscias scutellaria (Burm.f.) Fosberg
| Family: | ARALIACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Shield Aralia | ||||
| Synonym: | Aralia rotunda W.Bull | ||||
| Common Name: | Plum Aralia, Balfour aralia | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Not specified | ||||
| Distribution: | Native to Africa to the Pacific Islands | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as garden plant | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental foliage | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Shield Aralia are treelets or small trees, 2-6 m tall. Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate; leaf stalk 35-30 cm, enlarged and clasping at base, alate for 1-6 cm with membranous wings; petiolules 1-5 cm; leaflets 1, 3, or 5 (rarely 2 or 4), broadly elliptic to oblate or kidney-shaped, occasionally ovate or obovate, 5-20 × 5-20 cm, papery to subleathery, base shallowly heart-shaped or convex, margin subentire to serrates. Tiny flowers occur in erect panicles of umbels. | ||||