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Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) Harms in Engl. & Prantl
Synonym
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Aralia longipes
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Family
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Araliaceae
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Local name
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English- Octopus
tree
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Distribution
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Tropical
Asia to Australia
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Distribution in Kerala
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Thrissur,
Idukki
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Habitat
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Cultivated
as an ornamental
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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Schefflera has
bitter, sweet and warm properties, and is associated with the Liver meridian. Its main
functions are to promote the circulation of the blood and to alleviate pain
of sore and/or swollen throat. It can also help to relieve asthma.
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Key
botanical characters:
Schefflera actinophylla is an evergreen tree growing to 15 m (49 ft) tall. It has
palmately compound medium green leaves in groups of seven leaflets. It is
usually multi-trunked, and the flowers develop at the top of the tree. It
often grows as a hemiepiphyte on other rainforest
trees. It produces recemes up to 2 m
(6.5 ft) long containing up to 1,000 small red flowers
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