Schefflera insularum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction

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

Synonyms

Philippines: galamai-amo (Filipino), kalangkang (Panay Bisaya), pararan (Bagobo).

The Philippines.

The juice of pounded fresh leaves is used as a purgative.

A woody climber.
Leaves palmately 7-9-foliolate, petiole about 20 cm long, leaflets oblong to oblong-elliptical, 10-24 cm × 3-8.5 cm, base cuneate, often slightly unequal, apex narrowly pointed, margin toothed in the upper half, glabrous, on 2.5-7 cm long petiolules.
Inflorescence 15-30 cm long, with only 1-3 branches of up to 20 cm long.
Flowers 9-merous, in small, 3-6-flowered umbellules, ovary 9-11-locular.
Fruit ovoid, 7-9 mm in diameter, orange.

S. insularum is common in primary forest, often along streams, at low altitudes.

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