Heptapleurum stellatum

Heptapleurum stellatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae.[1] It is a small tree or scrambling shrub native to the Western Ghats of southern India and parts of Sri Lanka. It grows near streams or in open evergreen rain forests up to 2000 metres elevation.[2]

Heptapleurum stellatum
Heptapleurum stellatum leaves
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Heptapleurum
Species:
H. stellatum
Binomial name
Heptapleurum stellatum
Gaertn. (1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hedera terebinthinacea Vahl (1794)
  • Hedera vahlii Thwaites (1859) [Illegitimate]
  • Heptapleurum acutangulum Gaertn. (1791)
  • Schefflera stellata (Gaertn.) Baill. (1879)
  • Paratropia terebinthinacea (Vahl) Arn. (1836)

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