Schefflera octophylla

<body bgcolor="#eeeeee" leftmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td>Latin name:<br> Schefflera octophylla<br> <br> Chinese name:<br> <img src="008_name.gif" alt="" height="21" width="57" border="0"><br> <br> Genus:<br> Schefflera<br> <br> Family:<br> Araliaceae<br> <br> Growth Habit:<br> Arbor or shrub<br> <br> Duration:<br> Multiperennial<br> <br> Distribution:<br> South China, Japan, Vietnam, India.<br> <br> Height:<br> The whole plant reaches 2 to 15m in height.<br> <br> Leaf:<br> Coreacous leaflet, elliptical or nearly obovate, 7 to 17cm in length, 3 to 6cm in length, 7 to 10 pairs lateral nerve.<br> <br> Flowers:<br> Umbel, composing a large panicle; fragrant flower.<br> <br> Fruits:<br> Spherical, persistent style, maturated in the next year.<br> <br> Blossom:<br> Nov. to Dec.<br> <br> Comments:<br> Abuant in nectar; Root, cortex and leaf employed for rheum treatment.<br> </td> </tr> </table> </body>