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Heptapleurum heptaphyllum
Also called Ivy Tree
Heptapleurum heptaphyllum, often sold as Common Schefflera or Ivy Tree, is a subtropical shrub or small tree from southern China, Indo-China and Japan that is widely grown as a houseplant. It does best in bright light with moderate watering and warm conditions.
Heptapleurum heptaphyllum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern China, Indo-China and Japan. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771 as Vitis heptaphylla.
Schefflera rubriflora was assessed as "critically endangered" in the 2004 IUCN Red List, where it was considered endemic to Yunnan in China, but as of January 2023 was treated as part of the much more widely distributed Heptapleurum heptaphyllum.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heptapleurum heptaphyllum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
