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Schefflera arboricola

Schefflera arboricola.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Schefflera arboricola.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Schefflera arboricola (Hayata ) Merr.

Endemic genus

No

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Reason for introduction

Horticultural.

Life cycle and dispersal

Shrub or small tree. Reproduces exclusively by seed. Fleshy, red-fruits suited to bird dispersal.

Other information

Etymology

schefflera: Named in honuor of Jacob Christian Scheffler, an 18th-century German botanist who wrote about Asarum (wild ginger).