Heptapleurum arboricola Hayata

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Equisetopsida C. Agardh > Apiales > Araliaceae > Schefflera > Schefflera arboricola (Hayata) Merr.

Description: Evergreen shrub, able to grow up to 3 - 6 m tall. Leaves palmately compound, each leaf containing 7-9 leaflets, obovate-oblong to elliptic in shape and measuring 10 - 15 cm long. Red tiny flowers borne in a compound panicle. Fruit is an orange drupe which becomes black upon maturity.

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Uses: It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and has environmental uses.

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References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org