Schefflera heterophylla (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction

Schefflera heterophylla (Wallich ex G. Don) Harms

Protologue: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 38 (1894).

Synonyms

Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Java.

A decoction of the leaves is given after childbirth.

A large scrambling shrub.
Leaves 2-3 times palmately 3-5-foliolate, petiole 9-20 cm long, leaflets ovate to elliptical, 3.5-15 cm × 2-4.5 cm, oblique at base, long acuminate at apex, entire or with some coarse teeth above the middle, stellate-hairy when young.
Inflorescence branches about as long as the main axis, up to 30 cm long.
Flowers 8-14 in each umbellule, 5-6-merous.

S. heterophylla occurs in lowland to lower montane primary forest, up to 1700 m altitude.

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