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Polyscias balfouriana
Also called Dinner Plate Aralia
In Singapore: Variegated Dinner-plate Aralia, Variegated Balfour Aralia, 圆叶南洋参 (Grown in Singapore)
Balfour aralia is a bushy shrub from tropical New Guinea and northern Queensland, grown mainly for its large, decorative compound leaves. It thrives in warm, bright conditions with steady moisture and is often kept as a houseplant or patio plant.
Polyscias balfouriana, known as Balfour aralia or dinner plate aralia, is a species in the family Araliaceae. The species is native from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia.
It is a bushy shrub. Leaves are alternate and have long petioles. Flowers are white with 5 petals.
Ming aralia · Geranium aralia · Parasol tree · Shield aralia · Aralia
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polyscias balfouriana 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.
