Pan India Bouquets

Schefflera elata (Buch.-Ham.) Harms

Family : Araliaceae
(Ginseng Or Aralia Or Ivy Family)
Family (Hindi name) : DAIN FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Araliaceae
Synonym(s) : Agalma elatum (Buch.-Ham.) Seem.; Agalma griffithii Seem.; Heptapleurum elatum (Buch.-Ham.) C.B.Clarke; Schefflera bhutanica R.N.Banerjee; Sciodaphyllum elatum (Buch.-Ham.) Seem.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Schefflera elata (Buch.-Ham.) Harms
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Dense broad-leaved forests, 1525 - 2130 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Wood used as planking
Flower, Fruit : July-November
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to China (North-West and South-East Yunnan) and Indo-China
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 142; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 345
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Schefflera elata. Downloaded on 27 September 2023.