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, broadly elliptic to reniform, about 15cm long x 10cm wide, apex rounded, base cordate, (may also form tripinnately compound leaves with similar leaflets as plants mature).
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Oval - vertical, Vase
Texture:
Very coarse
Mature Height:
0.7 - 1.3m
Mature Spread:
0.6 - 1.0m
Growth Rate:
Slow
Origin:
Australia / New Zealand (Queensland and New Guinea)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 11: (above 4 °C)
Exposure:
Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Indoor plant
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars shown may include P. 'Pennock'.
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple, Compound
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Compound Leaf:
Trifoliate (ternate)
Colour in Summer:
Green, Green-yellow
Shapes:
Elliptic, Reniform
Apices:
Rounded
Bases:
Cordate
Margins:
Crenate, Serrulate
Additional Info:
Leaves variegated
Inflorescence Type:
Umbel, Panicle-like
Flower Morphology:
Dioecious plant
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Inferior
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
Optimal Temp.:
Medium
Light Level:
High
Pest Susceptibility:
Mealybugs, Mites, Nematodes
