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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen
| name = ''Schefflera arboricola''
| image = Dwarf_Luseanne_Arboricola.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Schefflera arboricola'' in cultivation
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]]
| genus = ''[[Schefflera]]''
| species = '''''S. arboricola'''''
| binomial = ''Schefflera arboricola''
| binomial_authority = ([[Hayata]]) [[Kanehira]]
}}
'''''Schefflera arboricola''''' ([[synonymy|syn.]] ''Heptapleurum arboricolum'') is a [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Araliaceae]], native to [[Taiwan]] and [[Hainan]]. It is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] growing to 3-4 m tall, with weak, often trailing stems scrambling over other vegetation. The [[leaf|leaves]] are palmately compound, with 7-9 leaflets, the leaflets 9-20 cm long and 4-10 cm broad (though often smaller in cultivation). The [[flower]]s are produced in a 20 cm [[panicle]] of small [[umbel]]s, each umbel 7-10 mm diameter with 5-10 flowers.
===Cultivation and uses===
It is commonly grown as a [[houseplant]], popular for its tolerance of neglect and poor growing conditions. Numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected for variations in leaf colour and pattern, often [[variegation|variegated]] with creamy-white to yellow edges or centres, and [[dwarfing|dwarf]] forms. It is also used for [[bonsai]].
===Care===
The plant prefer higher light if possible, but can adapt to a wide variety of light levels. As a tropical plant it likes moisture, but avoid letting the plant sit in water after you water it. It likes to be moist but not wet.
<gallery>
Image:IMG_6249.JPG|A bonsai ''Schefflera arboricola'' from New England.
Image:Scheflera1.jpg|A variegated cultivar of ''Schefflera arboricola''
</gallery>
==References==
*[http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/udth/bin/fot1.exe/browse?bid=3&page=1002 Flora of Taiwan: ''Schefflera arboricola'']
[[Category:Araliaceae]]
| name = ''Schefflera arboricola''
| image = Dwarf_Luseanne_Arboricola.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Schefflera arboricola'' in cultivation
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Aralioideae]]
| genus = ''[[Schefflera]]''
| species = '''''S. arboricola'''''
| binomial = ''Schefflera arboricola''
| binomial_authority = ([[Hayata]]) [[Kanehira]]
}}
'''''Schefflera arboricola''''' ([[synonymy|syn.]] ''Heptapleurum arboricolum'') is a [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Araliaceae]], native to [[Taiwan]] and [[Hainan]]. It is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] growing to 3-4 m tall, with weak, often trailing stems scrambling over other vegetation. The [[leaf|leaves]] are palmately compound, with 7-9 leaflets, the leaflets 9-20 cm long and 4-10 cm broad (though often smaller in cultivation). The [[flower]]s are produced in a 20 cm [[panicle]] of small [[umbel]]s, each umbel 7-10 mm diameter with 5-10 flowers.
===Cultivation and uses===
It is commonly grown as a [[houseplant]], popular for its tolerance of neglect and poor growing conditions. Numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected for variations in leaf colour and pattern, often [[variegation|variegated]] with creamy-white to yellow edges or centres, and [[dwarfing|dwarf]] forms. It is also used for [[bonsai]].
===Care===
The plant prefer higher light if possible, but can adapt to a wide variety of light levels. As a tropical plant it likes moisture, but avoid letting the plant sit in water after you water it. It likes to be moist but not wet.
<gallery>
Image:IMG_6249.JPG|A bonsai ''Schefflera arboricola'' from New England.
Image:Scheflera1.jpg|A variegated cultivar of ''Schefflera arboricola''
</gallery>
==References==
*[http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/udth/bin/fot1.exe/browse?bid=3&page=1002 Flora of Taiwan: ''Schefflera arboricola'']
[[Category:Araliaceae]]
