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Heptapleurum polycladum

Heptapleurum polycladum
Photo: President and Fellows of Harvard College, CC0
Family
Araliaceae (Ivy family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Papua New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Heptapleurum polycladum is a plant species endemic to in Papua New Guinea. It is an extant taxon. It is a scrambling tree which grows from 4 to 15 meters tall. It is likely pollinated by insects, and its fruit and seeds dispersed by birds.

It is known from the area of Mount Suckling, Mount Dayman, and Mount Simpson area in the eastern New Guinea Highlands, at the border area of Milne Bay, Oro (Northern), and Central provinces.

Other Heptapleurum plants

Umbrella tree · Heptapleurum acuminatissimum · Heptapleurum acutissimum · Heptapleurum agamae · Heptapleurum albidobracteatum · Heptapleurum alongense · Heptapleurum alpinum · Heptapleurum angiense · Heptapleurum apiculatum · Heptapleurum aromaticum · Heptapleurum beccarianum · Heptapleurum bourdillonii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heptapleurum polycladum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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