Schefflera elliptifoliola (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction

Protologue: Philipp. Journ. Sci. 13, Sect. C, Bot.: 320 (1918).

Vernacular names

The Philippines.

A decoction of the leaves is used as a tonic by women after childbirth.

An epiphytic shrub or woody climber.
Leaves palmately 9-11-foliolate, petiole 13-18 cm long, clasping the stem, leaflets elliptical to obovate-elliptical, 7-15(-25) cm × 4.5-7 cm, rounded at base, pointed at apex, entire, glabrous, on 3-5.5 cm long petiolules.
Inflorescence up to 20 cm long, primary branches 15-20.
Flowers 8-12 together in rounded umbellules, 5-merous, 8-12 mm long.
Fruit ellipsoid, 3-4 mm long.

S. elliptifoliola is found in damp forest.

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