Heptapleurum heterophyllum
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| Heptapleurum heterophyllum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Genus: | Schefflera |
| Species: | S. heterophylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Schefflera heterophylla (Wall. ex G.Don) Harms
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Schefflera heterophylla is a lower story rainforest tree native to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, and belonging to the family Araliaceae. Its common name is great-leaved ivy-palm. It is noteworthy for having very large leaves which are quadripalmate,[1] (i.e. the leaflet is the fourth order of branching in the leaf), possibly the only hardwood (dicot) tree that is so.
References
- ^ Corner, Prof. E.J.H. (1952). Wayside Trees of Malaya - Volume 1. Singapore: Gov't Printing Office. p. 157.
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