Scientific Name:
Polyscias fruticosa
Pronunciation:
pol-ISS-skee-as froo-tih-KOE-zuh
Common Name:
Ming aralia
Family Name:
Araliaceae
Plant Type:
Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:
Leaves pinnately compound, 15-30cm long. most with 3-7 leaflets, ovate to lanceolate, 5-12cm long x 1-5cm wide, margins toothed with narrow points, glossy dark green (variegated cvs.).
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Oval - vertical
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
1.3 - 2.0m
Mature Spread:
0.6 - 1.0m
Origin:
S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Exposure:
Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate, Low
Landscape Uses:
Indoor plant, Medicinal plant
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Lustrous
Compound Leaf:
Odd-pinnate, Tripinnate
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green
Shapes:
Lanceolate, Oblong, Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Attenuate
Margins:
Dentate, Lacerate, Spinose
Inflorescence Type:
Umbel, Panicle-like
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Inferior
Colour (petals):
Not showy, Green-yellow
Flower Time at Peak:
Additional Info:
Unlikely to form indoors
Fruit Type:
Drupe
Fruit Colour:
White, Green
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
Fruit insignificant, Unlikely to form indoors
Bark Morphology:
Lightly fissured
Bark or Stem Colour:
Brown
Propagation:
Softwood cuttings
Optimal Temp.:
High
Light Level:
Medium
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Aphids, Mealybugs, Mites, Nematodes, Root rot, Scale insects, Whitefly (Disease resistant)
