Schefflera elliptica

Description 2

Shrubs or small trees, to 10 m tall, sometimes scandent or epiphytic. Petiole 4-14(-18) cm; petiolules 2-5 cm; leaflets 5-7, elliptic to oblong or obovate, 11-16(-26) × 4-6(-16) cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins 5 or 6(-20) pairs, tertiary veins raised, prominent, base attenuate or obtuse to nearly rounded, margin entire, minutely thickened, sometimes revolute, apex acuminate to acute. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of umbels, sparsely to densely stellate when young, glabrescent; primary axis (2-)4-20(-30) cm; secondary axes to 18 cm; peduncles 0.5-1.5 cm; pedicels 2-3 mm. Calyx obscure. Ovary 5-carpellate; stigmas 5, sessile. Fruit ovoid to ellipsoid or subglobose, 3-4 mm, 5-ribbed when dry; disk broadly conic to pyramidal. Fl. Mar-Jul, fr. Feb-Jul, Oct.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Reuben C. J. Lim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/reulim/11264895645/
  2. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/4936063

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