| Scientific Name: | Plerandra elegantissima ( syn. Schefflera ) |
| Common Name: | false aralia |
| Family Name: | Araliaceae |
| Origin: | Australia / New Zealand |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Leathery, Heavily veined, Lustrous, Digitate (palmate), Linear, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Umbel, Green-yellow |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Black |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaflets toothed, up to 8cm long and 1.5cm wide (potted plants only have juvenile leaves and are unlikely to flower). | |