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Accession Data:

Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms

  • Common Name: Ming Aralia
  • Family: Araliaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: India to Polynesia

  • Culture: moist, well drained, acidic soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers humid environment and a minimum indoor temperature of 60F.
  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500224
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1203 - AUS:Ground Bed 1 NW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid II
  • Order: Apiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Araliaceae
  • SubFamily: Aralioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Maluku / Sulawesi / Bismarck Archipelago / New Guinea / Queensland / New Caledonia /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed 30 November 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed 30 November 2015.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:06:03 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Araliaceae

Subfamily Aralioideae

  • x Fatshedera lizei
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  • Hedera helix
  • Hedera helix
  • Meryta balansae
  • Polyscias fruticosa
  • Schefflera arboricola
  • Schefflera emarginata
  • Tetrapanax papyrifer
  • Trevesia sundaica

Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae

  • Hydrocotyle verticillata
W/C = Wild Collected
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