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Polyscias spectabilis

Polyscias spectabilis
Photo: Centre for National Biodiversity Research, CC BY 4.0
Family
Araliaceae (Ivy family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Papuasia to Santa Cruz Is. and NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

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Polyscias spectabilis is a species of plant in the ivy and ginseng family Araliaceae. It is native to areas from New Guinea to the Solomon Islands and Queensland, Australia.

Each branch blooms once with a terminal inflorescence, but then forms two widely spreading branches just beneath the inflorescence which together resemble the letter "U", giving the tree a unique appearance.

Other Polyscias plants

Polyscias · Polyscias · Polyscias aemiliguineae · Balfour Aralia · Island Pine · Polyscias crassa · Polyscias dichroostachya · Celerywood · Baboon’s Chair · Flynn's `ohe · Ming aralia · Polyscias fulva

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polyscias spectabilis 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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