Araliaceae FAMILY

Schefflera macrocarpa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Schefflera macrocarpa is a semideciduous tree with a perfectly roundish crown; it can grow 4 - 6 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 20 - 35cm in diameter[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - central and eastern Brazil.

HabitatSavannah and savannah woodland, growing in both primary and secondary formations, favouring poor, clayey, well-drained soils[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].