Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) Harms
| Family: | ARALIACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Umbrella Tree | ||||
| Synonym: | Brassaia actinophylla Endl. | ||||
| Common Name: | Octopus tree | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Summer or early autumn | ||||
| Distribution: | Tropical Asia to Australia | ||||
| Habitat: | Cultivated as an ornamental | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental, bonsai material, indoor plant | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | The plant is a medium-sized tree. multi-stemmed. Also an epiphyte, capable of clasping its roots around the trees, acting like strangling figs. Leaves compound palmate, 7 - 16 stalks leaflets arranged in a whorl, leathery, oblong - elliptic in shape. Inflorescences in racemes. Individual flowers red and small, bisexual, fragrant with 11 petals, 11 stamens and no sepals. Fruits are fleshy drupes, purple. | ||||