Schefflera cumingii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Schefflera cumingii (Seem.) Harms

Protologue: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 39 (1894).

Synonyms

• Heptapleurum cumingii Seem. (1865).

Vernacular names

• Philippines: kalkugamat (Filipino), kolokagama (Negrito).

Distribution

The Philippines (Luzon).

Uses

S. cumingii is reputed to be used to cure stomach troubles.

Observations

• A small shrub or scrambler or climber.
• Leaves palmately 3-5-foliolate, petiole longer than the petiolules, leaflets thin, elliptical to ovate-elliptical, 10-15 cm long, pointed at two ends, without an intramarginal vein; main inflorescence axis shorter than its branches.
• Flowers in umbellules.
• Fruit obovoid, 5-locular.

S. cumingii is found in primary forest at low altitudes; most localities have a relatively high and consistent rainfall.

Selected sources

• [190] Brown, W.H., 1951-1957. Useful plants of the Philippines. Reprint of the 1941-1943 edition. 3 volumes. Technical Bulletin 10. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Bureau of Printing, Manila, the Philippines. Vol. 1 (1951) 590 pp., Vol. 2 (1954) 513 pp., Vol. 3 (1957) 507 pp.
• [434] Frodin, D.G., 1986. Studies in Schefflera (Araliaceae), II. Northern Luzon (Philippines) species of the Heptapleurum group. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 138: 403-425.
• [936] Merrill, E.D. & Rolfe, R.A., 1908. Notes on Philippine Botany. The Philippine Journal of Science 3, sect. C, Botany: 95-127.
• [1126] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.
• [1178] Quisumbing, E., 1978. Medicinal plants of the Philippines. Katha Publishing Co., Quezon City, the Philippines. 1262 pp.

Main genus page

• Schefflera (Medicinal plants)

Authors

• Nguyen Tap & M.S.M. Sosef