Schefflera (Araliaceae) RWJ10064

taiwaniana

A seed collection we gathered in 2003 on Taipingshan in the cool north of Taiwan at 2110m. Naturally forming a single stemmed small tree 3-4m tall with a broad well-branched canopy. The 7 to 11 broadly ovate-oblong leafleted leaves of this collection were held on elegantly long dark purple petioles, while the terminal inflorescences of dark purple fruit were on long branched racemes to 50cm. An easily grown plant which has shrugged off all the weather that the past ten years has thrown at it.