Schefflera heptaphylla – eFlora of India

December 12, 2018
Schefflera

Schefflera heptaphylla (L.) Frodin, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 104: 314 1990 publ. 1991. (Syn: Agalma lutchuense Nakai; Agalma octophyllum (Lour.) Seem.; Ampelopsis heptaphylla (L.) Schult.; Aralia heptaphylla (L.) Willd. ex Spreng.; Aralia octonata Stokes; Aralia octophylla Lour.; Aralia octophylla var. cantonensis Lour.; Heptapleurum octophyllum (Lour.) Kuntze; Heptapleurum octophyllum (Lour.) Benth. ex Hance; Paratropia cantoniensis Hook. & Arn.; Schefflera choganhensis Harms; Schefflera octophylla (Lour.) Harms; Schefflera rubriflora C.J.Tseng & G.Hoo; Sciodaphyllum heptaphyllum (L.) C.L.Hitchc.; Vitis heptaphylla L.);

Japan to Indo-China and Philippines as per WCSP;

China South-Central; China Southeast; Hawaii; Japan; Laos; Myanmar;
Nansei-shoto; Philippines; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;

India, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam as per Flora of China;

SK1584 20 Nov 2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – 1 mb each.

Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong

Date: 2 November 2018

Elevation: 1300 ft.

Habit : Wild

Not good quality images though!

Should be Schefflera heptaphylla, native to Hong Kong.

Schefflera heptaphylla (L.) Frodin.

Thank you … !

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SK1600 25 Nov 2018 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)

Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong

Date: 2 November 2018

Elevation: 1300 ft.

Habit : Wild

Another Schefflera sp. ?

There is only one, Schefflera heptaphylla.

Schefflera heptaphylla (L.) Frodin.

Thank you …

plant from Nagaland 6 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 3 mb.

Please identify the plant from Phenk (Nagaland)

Check for any Schefflera sps, though very doubtful myself.

Thanks, …, for the genus id.

Appears close to Schefflera heptaphylla (L.) Frodin as per comparative images at Schefflera

References:

Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP Flora of China FOC illustration India Biodiversity Portal Useful Tropical Plants Backyard Gardener World Agroforestry Centre iNaturalist Herbarium-HK Plant Database

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