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Genus: Schefflera
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Order: Apiales > Family: Araliaceae
About 200 species, native to Africa, Madagascar, the Far East
and New Zealand. There are two species native to southern Africa and four
species cultivated in the region.
Schefflera umbellifera, Kirstenbosch
Botanical Gardens, Cape Town [photo
H. Robertson, Iziko ©]. |
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Species native to southern Africa
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Schefflera actinophylla
(Australian cabbage tree) [= Brassaia actinophylla]
Native to New Guinea. |
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Schefflera acuminata
Native to Peru. |
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Schefflera moorei |
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Schefflera pubigera
Native from India to China. |
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