Schefflera chinensis
(Dunn) H. L. Li
AraliaceaeLeaves
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GBIF
GBIF
What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten raw or boiled and cooked as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in evergreen, broad-leaved forests in wet places in valleys between 1,500-2,700 m above sea level. It grows in Yunnan in China. In XTBG Yunnan.
Asia, China,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 10 m tall. The leaf stalks are 15-45 cm long. The leaves have 5-7 leaflets. These are oblong or oval and 10-24 cm long by 3-12 cm wide. They are hairy underneath. The flowers are in a group of heads at the top of the plant. The fruit are round and 5 cm across. They have 5 ribs.
References (1)
- Ghorbani, A., et al, 2012, A comparison of the wild food plant use knowledge of ethnic minorities in Naban River Watershed Nature Reserve, Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 8:17
