Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Schefflera actinophylla
(Endl.) Harms
SYNONYM(S) : Brassaia actinophylla Endl.
CHINESE : Fu ye e zhang chai.
ENGLISH : Australian umbrella tree, Octopus tree, Queensland umbrella tree, Umbrella plant, Umbrella tree.
FRENCH : Arbre ombelle, Arbre ombrelle.
GERMAN : Schefflere.
SPANISH : Árbol pulpo..
Schefflera arboricola
(Hayata) Merr.
SYNONYM(S) : Heptapleurum arboriculum Hayata
CHINESE : E zhang chai, 鹅掌藤 E zhang teng.
ENGLISH : Dwarf schefflera, Dwarf umbrella-tree, Hawaiian-elf, Miniature schefflera.
FRENCH : Parasol, Arbre ombelle Arbre-parapluie.
GERMAN : Kleine Strahlenaralie.
JAPANESE : Yadori fuka no ki.
Photographs of variegated cultivars 'Charlotte' & 'Melanie'.
Schefflera attenuata (Sw.) Frodin
SYNONYM(S) : Didymopanax attenuatus (Sw.) Marchal, Panax attenuatus Sw.
SYNONYM(S) : Oreopanax chinense Dunn, Schefflera pentagyra Tseng & Hoo, Schefflera wangii Li
CHINESE : 中华鹅掌柴 Zhong hua e zhang chai.
Schefflera delavayi (Franch.) Harms
SYNONYM(S) : Heptapleurum delavayi Franch
CHINESE : 穗序鹅掌柴 Sui xu e zhang chai.
Schefflera
digitata J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
CHINESE : Niu xi lan e zhang chai.
ENGLISH : New Zealand schefflera.
Schefflera elegantissima (hort. Veitch ex Mast.) Lowry & Frodin
SYNONYM(S) : Aralia elegantissima hort. Veitch ex Mast., Dizygotheca elegantissima (hort. Veitch ex Mast.) R. Vig. & Guillaumin
ENGLISH : False aralia, Lacy umbrella plant, Spider aralia.
FRENCH : Schefflera à feuilles découpées.
SPANISH : Falsa aralia.
Schefflera heptaphylla
(L.) Frodin
SYNONYM(S) : Agalma lutchuense Nakai,
Agalma octophyllum (Lour.) Seem.,
Aralia octophylla Lour.,
Heptapleurum octophyllum
(Lour.) Benth. ex Hance, Schefflera octophylla (Lour.) Harms, Vitis heptaphylla L.
CHINESE : E zhang chai, 鴨腳木 (Hong Kong).
ENGLISH : Common schefflera, Ivy tree.
JAPANESE : Fuka no ki.
Photographs of flowers at Flora of Hong Kong.
SYNONYM(S) : Heptapleurum hoi Dunn, Schefflera dumicola W. W. Sm.
CHINESE : Hong he e zhang chai.
Schefflera horsfieldii (Seemen) Harms
Data needed
Schefflera impressa (C. B. Clarke) Harms
CHINESE : Awaiting feedback.
Schefflera kwangsiensis Merr. ex H. L. Li
SYNONYM(S) : Schefflera leucantha Viguier, Schefflera yunnanensis Li.
CHINESE : 白花鹅掌柴 Bai hua e zhang chai.
SYNONYM(S) : Heptapleurum macrophyllum Dunn
CHINESE : 大叶鹅掌柴 Da ye e zhang chai.
Schefflera megalantha Harms
Data needed
Schefflera morototoni (Aubl.) Maguire et al.
SYNONYM(S) : Didymopanax calophyllum Decne and Planch., Didymopanax chrysophyllum Decne and
Planch, Didymopanax chrysophyllum Willd., Didymopanax morototoni (Aubl.) Decne. & Planch., Didymopanax speciosum (Willd.) Decne,
Panax morototoni Aubl., Panax spinosum Poir.
ENGLISH : Match-wood, Mountain trumpet.
FRENCH : Bois de mai, Bois de Saint Jean, Cordovan, Tobitoutou (French Guiana).
PORTUGUESE : Cacheta (Brazil), Corda de viola,
Imbaubão, Mandiocão, Mandiocai (Brazil), Mandiocí,
Mandioqueira, Mandioqueiro, Mandioqueiro branco, Mandioqueiro bravo,
Ma-rupá-uba-falso, Marupaúba, Marupauva falso
(Brazil), Matatauba (Brazil), Morototó, Morototó da mata,
Mucutubá, Mucututú (Brazil), Parapará (Brazil),
Pau-caixeta (Brazil), Pau de jangada, Pau de são
josé (Brazil), Pé de galinha (Brazil), Pau pombo,
Pixirica (Brazil), Rameira brava, Sambaquim (Brazil), Visgueiro.
SPANISH : Ambay guasu (Argentina), Anonilla (Peru), Árbol de pavillo, Borracho (Bolivia), Cafetero (Venezuela), Chancaro blanco (Mexico), Cheflera (Andes), Fosforillo (Costa Rica), Guarumo macho (Honduras), Guitarrero (Bolivia), Karohoro (Guyana), Mandiocao (Argentina), Mano de danta (Mexico), Mano de leon (Costa Rica), Mano de oso (Colombia), Morototó, Pava (Costa Rica), Pavilla (Costa Rica), Pavo (Panama), Platanillo (Ecuador), Probado (Costa Rica), Puma-maqui, Pumamaqui (Ecuador), Sacha-uva (Peru), Suntuch (Ecuador), Tinajero (Venezuela), Yagrumo macho (Puerto Rico), Yarumero (Colombia).
Schefflera octophylla (Lour.) Harms. -> Schefflera heptaphylla (L.) Frodin
Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Schefflera Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. < http://gmr.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/Plantnames/Sorting/Schefflera.html > (2006).
CIRAD, 2003, Morototo - Local Names. CIRAD - Forestry Department. < http://wwww.cirad.fr/activites/bois/en/syst/america/morototo.pdf >.
Hong Kong Flora, 2001 - 2004, Hong Kong Flora and Vegetation. Student Project
1 - Statistics : Plants in Alliance Schools. < http://www.hkflora.com/v2/projects/proj01campus/proj01_plist.php >.
Flora of Japan, 2004, < http://foj.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gbif/foj/list.php?output=list&genus=Aralia >.
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