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| species = '''''S. digitata'''''
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| binomial = ''Schefflera digitata''
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'''''Schefflera digitata''''', '''Patē''' or '''Seven-finger''', is a tree endemic to  [[New Zealand]] belonging to the family [[Araliaceae]]. The [[Māori language|Māori]] name is Patē or Patatē. It occurs in lowland to lower montane forests from sea level to 1200 m in the [[North Island]], [[South Island]], and [[Stewart Island]], covering a latitudinal range from 34°S to 47°S. It prefers damp, shady parts of the forest and is common along stream banks and on shady forest roadsides. It is the only New Zealand representative of the genus [[Schefflera]] which has 200 species of shrubs and small trees in the tropics and subtropics.
  
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'''''Schefflera digitata''''', '''Pate''' or '''Seven-finger''', is a tree endemic to  [[New Zealand]] belonging to the family [[Araliaceae]]. The [[Māori language|Māori]] name is Patē or Patatē. It occurs in lowland to lower montane forests from sea level to 1200 m in the [[North Island]], [[South Island]], and [[Stewart Island]]. It prefers damp, shady parts of the forest and is common along stream banks and on shady forest roadsides. It is the only New Zealand representative of the genus [[Schefflera]] which has 200 species of shrubs and small trees in the tropics and subtropics.
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Patē is a small, spreading tree up to 8 m high with stout branches. The leaves may have from three to nine leaflets. The leaflets are thin and soft to the touch with sharply serrated margins. In the north of the North Island, ''S. digitata'' has a juvenile stage in which the leaflets are divided into irregular toothed lobes. The inflorescence is a large, multi-branched panicle up to 35 cm across, with umbels of small greenish flowers arising at irregular intervals along its length. Each umbel contains up to ten flowers each about 7 mm in diameter. The dark violet fruits are fleshy, round, and grooved when dry. They are about 3.5 mm in diameter and take two or three months to ripen.
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==Description==
 
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[[Image:ScheffleraDigitataLeaf.jpg|thumb|left|240px|The soft, thin leaves of pate are palmate, with from three to nine leaflets]]Pate is a small, spreading tree up to 8 m high with stout branches. The leaves may have from three to nine leaflets. The leaflets are thin and soft to the touch with sharply serrated margins. In the north of the North Island, ''S. digitata'' has a juvenile stage in which the leaflets are divided into irregular toothed lobes. The inflorescence is a large, multi-branched panicle up to 35 cm across, with umbrels of small greenish flowers arising at irregular intervals along its length. Each umbrel contains up to ten flowers each about 7 mm in diameter. The dark violet fruits are fleshy, round, and grooved when dry. They are about 3.5 mm in diameter and take two or three months to ripen.
 
  
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==Ecology and uses==
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==Cultivation==
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The sap of the tree has medicinal uses, and has been used to treat ringworm and sores on the skin. The wood was used by Māori to make fire by friction. Pate is one of the commonest hosts of the parasitic plant ''[[Wood rose (New Zealand)|Dactylanthus taylori]]''. This is a root parasite which was known to the Māori as 'Pua-o-te-reinga', 'the flower of the underworld'. If infected roots are collected and boiled, a curio known as the 'wood rose' is produced. Although the plant is easy to grow in New Zealand, it is not popular in cultivation, as its thin, soft foliage cannot match the glossy attractiveness of similar [[Pseudopanax]] species, nor that of the Australian species ''[[Schefflera actinophylla]]'' which is also easy to grow in the North Island. ''S. digitata'' is sometimes sought by Northern Hemisphere gardeners seeking a relatively hardy species of [[Schefflera]], but like many New Zealand trees, Pate is not tolerant of prolonged cold conditions.
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==Gallery==
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Image:ScheffleraDigitataLeaf.jpg|The soft, thin leaves of Patē are palmate, with from three to nine leaflets
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Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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*{{cite web |title=''Schefflera digitata'' |work=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network |url=http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/vascular_plants/detail.asp?PlantID=1312|accessdate=2007-07-15 }}
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*{{cite web |title=''Schefflera digitata'' |work=Flora of New Zealand |url=http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/Taxon.aspx?id=_d42c521d-e1e9-452e-941e-f672e09bfea3&fileName=Flora%201.xml|accessdate=2007-07-15 }}
 
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==References==
 
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* Salmon J T, ''The Native Trees of New Zealand'', [[Reed Publishing|AH & AW Reed Ltd]], Wellington, New Zealand [[1973]] ISBN 0-589-01340-8
 
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{{Commons |Schefflera digitata}}
 
  
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Latest revision as of 01:48, 21 May 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: ⇕ 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Width: ⇔ 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Flower features: ❀ white
Scientific Names

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Schefflera digitata, Patē or Seven-finger, is a tree endemic to New Zealand belonging to the family Araliaceae. The Māori name is Patē or Patatē. It occurs in lowland to lower montane forests from sea level to 1200 m in the North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island, covering a latitudinal range from 34°S to 47°S. It prefers damp, shady parts of the forest and is common along stream banks and on shady forest roadsides. It is the only New Zealand representative of the genus Schefflera which has 200 species of shrubs and small trees in the tropics and subtropics.

Patē is a small, spreading tree up to 8 m high with stout branches. The leaves may have from three to nine leaflets. The leaflets are thin and soft to the touch with sharply serrated margins. In the north of the North Island, S. digitata has a juvenile stage in which the leaflets are divided into irregular toothed lobes. The inflorescence is a large, multi-branched panicle up to 35 cm across, with umbels of small greenish flowers arising at irregular intervals along its length. Each umbel contains up to ten flowers each about 7 mm in diameter. The dark violet fruits are fleshy, round, and grooved when dry. They are about 3.5 mm in diameter and take two or three months to ripen.

Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

  • The soft, thin leaves of Patē are palmate, with from three to nine leaflets

  • photo 2

  • photo 3

References

External links


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