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Schefflera hainanensis Merr. & Chun

Description

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Trees, to 10 m tall, hermaphroditic. Petiole 10-20(-30) cm; petiolules 1.5-7 cm; leaflets 12-16, ovate to elliptic-ovate, 5-12 × 2-6 cm, some much smaller and resembling bracts, papery, glabrous, slightly glaucous abaxially, secondary veins 7-10 pairs, distinct on both surfaces, tertiary veins more distinct abaxially, slightly distinct adaxially, not impressed in dry material, base broadly cuneate, margin entire, slightly revolute, apex acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of racemes, densely stellate tomentose, glabrescent; primary axis to 40 cm; secondary axes to ca. 15 cm; pedicels 2-2.5 mm. Calyx glabrous or stellate pubescent, 5-toothed. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles united into a column. Fruit globose, 2.5-4 mm in diam., slightly 5-ribbed when dry; styles 1-2 mm; pedicels ca. 3 mm. Fl. Sep-Oct, fr. Oct-Nov.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 455, 457 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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Hainan [Vietnam].
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 455, 457 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Habitat

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Evergreen broad-leaved forests; 1300-1600 m.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 13: 455, 457 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Synonym

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Agalma hainanense (Merrill & Chun) Hutchinson.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 13: 455, 457 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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eFloras