Polyscias fruticosa

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Polyscias fruticosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Polyscias fruticosa, Harms (Panax fruticosum, Linn. Aralia fruticosa, Hort. Nothopanax fruticosum, Miq. Panax excelsum, Hort., at least in part). Fig. 3113. Erect shrub, to 6 or 8 ft. high, glabrous, the young branches with prominent lenticels: lvs. more or less irregularly pinnately 3-compound, the petiole and rachis more or less spotted, and the petiole-base expanded and clasping; lfts. stalked, with the segms. also stalked and parted or cut into narrow-ovate or oblong or lanceolate ultimate segms. with scariously spinulose-toothed margins and very acute apices, the whole If. having a much-divided soft appearance: infl. terminal and in the upper axils, 3-6 in. long and many-fld., the fls. umbellate and short-pedicelled: fr. broad-ovoid, compressed, more than 1 in. long. Polynesia to India, commonly cult, and in many lf.-forms. In some cases the lvs. are much cut and the segms. are reduced to very narrow even to linear or thread-like forms. Var. plumata, Bailey (Panax plumatum, Hort. Nothopanax fruticosum var. plumatum, Merr.), has smaller lvs., 8 in. or less long, the ultimate segms. much smaller and finer and mostly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. See also Panax Deleauanum, suppl. list, p. 2748. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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