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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Araliaceae
|genus=Schefflera
|species=arboricola
|common_name=Dwarf umbrella tree, Hawaiian elf schefflera
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=shrub
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=3
|Min ht metric=ft
|Max ht box=5
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=3
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|origin=Taiwan, Hainan
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=orange, yellow
|Min Temp Num=55
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=10
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=12
|image=Scheflera1.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_caption=A variegated cultivar of ''Schefflera arboricola''
}}
'''''Schefflera arboricola''''' ([[synonymy|syn.]] ''Heptapleurum arboricolum'') is a plant in the [[Araliaceae]] family. It is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] which can reach to 3-4 m tall. The trailing stems are weak and frequently scramble over other vegetation. The [[leaf|leaves]] are palmately compound, and have 7-9 leaflets. Leaflets are 9-20 cm long and 4-10 cm across in the wild, but normally smaller when cultivated. [[Flower]]s are produced in a 20 cm [[panicle]] of small [[umbel]]s, each umbel 7-10 mm diameter with 5-10 flowers.