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It is commonly grown in mild to warm climates as a decorative tree in larger gardens and, when mature, it has red spikes of flowers with up to 20 racemes which develop in summer or early autumn. Propagation is by seed or cuttings. It prefers well-drained soil and only needs occasional watering and
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362:. Its leaves are a favourite food of the
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394:. This plant has gained the
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838:Heptapleurum actinophyllum
808:Heptapleurum actinophyllum
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593:plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au
561:Heptapleurum actinophyllum
539:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
535:Plants of the World Online
529:Heptapleurum actinophyllum
314:Heptapleurum actinophyllum
250:) is a tree in the family
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295:Queensland umbrella tree
291:Australian umbrella tree
1014:Schefflera_actinophylla
942:Schefflera actinophylla
750:Schefflera actinophylla
704:Schefflera actinophylla
679:Beasley, John. (2009).
654:Beasley, John. (2006).
632:RHS Latin for Gardeners
364:Bennett's tree-kangaroo
360:spectacled flying foxes
223:Schefflera actinophylla
748:"RHS Plant Selector -
215:Brassaia singaporensis
1339:Brassaia actinophylla
608:Martin, Roger. 2005.
419:Umbrella tree flowers
400:Award of Garden Merit
356:red-legged pademelons
207:Brassaia actinophylla
163:H. actinophyllum
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712:on 3 February 2012.
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352:musky rat-kangaroos
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660:Kuranda, Australia
271:Northern Territory
254:. It is native to
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832:Wikispecies
757:12 February
392:houseplants
390:regions as
370:Cultivation
309:Description
259:rainforests
93:Angiosperms
1535:Categories
1265:kew-186973
1260:Plant List
878:77213393-1
823:Q106906298
782:5 November
510:References
279:New Guinea
267:Queensland
252:Araliaceae
246:Schefflera
243:(formerly
139:Araliaceae
1354:Q15250802
489:Trunk in
388:temperate
318:evergreen
275:Australia
157:Species:
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1500:Tropicos
1443:11432609
1378:231-13-1
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1299:Tropicos
1203:2.155296
1151:11368805
1001:231-2-18
951:Wikidata
891:13507130
852:11008739
817:Wikidata
450:, Uganda
446:Tree in
289:include
256:tropical
226:(Endl.)
198:Synonyms
135:Family:
119:Asterids
106:Eudicots
44:, India
1430:89997-1
1404:3038549
1304:2200870
1252:1064021
1211:NTFlora
1185:MoBotPF
1138:91903-1
1076:3038546
1040:1150882
957:Q134943
865:1268642
544:31 July
462:Flowers
448:Kampala
406:Gallery
377:Florida
346:Ecology
330:racemes
145:Genus:
129:Apiales
125:Order:
67:Plantae
1476:NZOR:
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1456:112790
1417:312595
1375:APSA:
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1234:NZPCN
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1146:IRMNG
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1102:70641
1053:SCHAC
1027:6XVNH
991:88138
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303:amate
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189:Endl.
113:Clade
100:Clade
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1464:ITIS
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1412:GRIN
1399:GBIF
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1084:GISD
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1009:ATRF
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899:NCBI
886:IUCN
873:IPNI
847:GBIF
784:2018
759:2020
728:ISBN
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546:2021
379:and
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301:and
283:Java
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