Scientific Name:	Polyscias balfouriana
Pronunciation:	pol-ISS-skee-as bal-FOOR-ee-AY-nuh
Common Name:	Balfour aralia
Family Name:	Araliaceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:	Leaves alternate with long petioles, reniform to elliptic with cordate base and rounded apex, about 10 cm wide x 15 cm long (may also form tripinnately compound leaves with similar leaflets).
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Upright Form: Texture: Very coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Australia / New Zealand Hardiness Rating: Zone 11: (above 4 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Indoor plant Additional Info: Google. Cultivars shown may include P. 'Pennock'.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound, Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Compound Leaf: Trifoliate (ternate) Colour in Summer: Green, Green-yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Reniform Apices: Rounded Bases: Cordate Margins: Crenate, Serrulate

Inflorescence Type: Panicle-like, Umbel Flower Morphology: Dioecious plant Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Colour (petals): Not showy, White Flower Time at Peak:

Fruit Type: Fruit Colour: Purple, Black Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark or Stem Colour:

Propagation:	Seed
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	Medium indoor temperature
Light Level:	High indoor light level
Pest Susceptibility:	Mites, Nematodes
Specific Pests:	mealybugs

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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