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Schefflera elliptica

Botanic Family

Araliaceae

Author

(Blume) Harms

Common Names

• Galamai-amo
• Mi mai e zhang chai (Pinyin)
• Dang Dinge (Nepali)
• Kursimal (Nepali)
• Pararan (Manobo)
• Ramo-gunti (Java)
• Ko lep mù nang (Laos)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• W. Hunan
• Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Christmas Island
• Andaman Islands
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Johore
• Kedah
• Kelantan
• Malacca
• Myanmar
• Penang
• Perak
• Perlis
• Selangor
• Terengganu - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Palau
• Bismarck Archipelago
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• coastal
• montane woodland
• riverside
• mangroves
• lowland forest. Open sun

Flowering Times

• Mar-Jul (China)
• Jan to Feb Aug (Philippines)

Fruiting Times

• Feb-Jul & Oct (China)
• Apr to May Aug (Philippines)

Shrubs or small glabrous trees sometimes scandent or sprawling, often epiphytic with fissured stems. Glabrous leaves, 4-7 coriaceous leaflets to 70mm x 25mm with recurved margins. Terminal panicles or umbels to 300mm long, green or white or purplish flowers to 2.5mm long with unpleasant odour & 5mm across, 5 petals. 5-ribbed yellow to orange drupe turning blackish to 4mm x 2mm.

Further References

• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• Elmer
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• JAA
• GBS
• Kew
• Wiart 2