Schefflera arboricola
Araliaceae FAMILY

Schefflera arboricola

Schefflera arboricola

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Schefflera arboricola is an evergreen shrub, sometimes adopting a more climbing habit, with stems up to 6 metres long. The plant sometimes grows as an epiphyte in the branches of trees[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 423 Title Desert Tropicals Publication Author Website http://www.desert-tropicals.com/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The main focus of the site is succulent plants, but it also contains information on a wide range of other species. Usually at least one good photograph, plus basic information about the plant and its cultivation. ]. Sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, the plant is also sometimes grown as hedge and is often grown as an ornamental, both for outside and as a house plant[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 309 Title Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida Publication Author Website http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/shrubs/ Publisher University of Florida Year 0 ISBN Description PDF fact sheets on over 500 shrubs. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Taiwan.
HabitatAlong stream banks, wet forests, sometimes epiphytic; at elevations up to 900 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].