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Five Fingers / Octopus tree-Schefflera Actinophylla |
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Written by Bonsai King
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009 14:22 |
Local Name:
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Seven Fingers / Octopus tree / Umbrella Tree
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Scientific Name:
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Schefflera actinophyllaBrassaia actinophylla |
Family:
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Malpighiaceae
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Habitat
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| Native to Australia, New Guinea and Java. Mostly found in tropical rain forests. |
Propagation
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| Scheffleras are easy to propagate from seed. This plant is easily bought from nurseries. |
Comments
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| Schefflera actinophylla is an evergreen tree growing to 15 m tall. It has compound medium green leaves in groups of seven. In the wild, it is usually multi-trunked, and the flowers develop way up the top of the tree. It often grows like an epiphyte on other rainforest trees. It produces racemes up to 2 meters long and may contain up to 1,000 small dull red flowers. It flowers from early summer. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 December 2010 14:07 |