Description
Ivy Tree Bark (alias: Schefflera, auspicious tree), evergreen tree or shrub, branchlets, leaves, inflorescences, and calyx are densely covered with stellate pubescent when they are young, and their back hairs gradually fall off. Schefflera octophylla (Lour.) Harms, is an evergreen shrub. Many branches and tight branches. Palmate compound leaves with 6-9 lobules, long ovoid, leathery, dark green, and shiny. Panicles, small flowers white. The berries are dark red and black when mature. It is a common plant in evergreen broad-leaved forests in tropical and subtropical regions. It is native to subtropical rain forests in Oceania, Guangdong, Fujian, and South America. It is also distributed in Japan, Vietnam, and India. It is now widely planted all over the world.
