Schefflera arboricola 2955947 217811765 2008-06-07T20:06:50Z Barek 1746167 /* External links */ cleanup label - remove extraneous text {{Taxobox | 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 also goes by the common name "Dwarf Umbrella Tree" 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. The umbrella plant lends itself easily to the [[bonsai]] form and is popular as an [[indoor bonsai]]. ===Care=== The plant prefers 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. ===Aerial roots=== Under the right conditions, this plant will produce [[aerial roots]] that, when they reach the ground, will convert to fully functional roots. They give the plant an unusual and interesting appearance. Three conditions must be maintained for the plant to produce them: a high growth rate, insufficient trunk roots (the plant is root bound or these roots are pruned) and constant, very high humidity. ===Photo gallery=== <gallery heights="100px" perrow="3"> Image:IMG_6249.JPG|A [[bonsai]] from New England. Image:Scheflera1.jpg|A variegated cultivar Image:Schefflera bonsai 1.jpg|An old [[indoor bonsai]] presented as a [[penjing]] Image:Schefflera bonsai 2.jpg|Soon after branch pruning, to demonstrate [[aerial roots]] </gallery> ==References== *[http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/udth/bin/fot1.exe/browse?bid=3&page=1002 Flora of Taiwan: ''Schefflera arboricola''] ==External links== *[http://www.fukubonsai.com/4a1.html Fukubonsai], information about ''Schefflera arboricola'' as indoor bonsai. [[Category:Araliaceae]] [[ja:シェフレラ]] [[sv:Paraplyaralia]] [[zh:鵝掌藤]]