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ARALIACEAE (Panax Family)
Polyscias balfouriana (Andre) Bailey llpanax"
Recent introduction. Melanesia. Rare. Large erect shrub, up to 3 m or taller, with
few, rapidly ascending branches; leaves, 20 to 50 cm long, compound, 1-pinnate;
petioles, 8 to 22 cm long, petiolules, 2 to 4 cm long; leaflets, 5 to 20 cm long and 5 to
18 cm wide, ovoid to orbicular, cordate, shiny, dark-green, opposite, mostly 3 or 5 in
number, terminal leaf largest, crenate. Planted ornamental, commonly in hedges. 5, 6,
7(22324).
Polyscias cumingiana (Presl) Fern. -Vil . "panax"
lautagitagi (T)
syns. Paratropia cumingiana Presl; Nothopanax cumingii Seem.; Aralia Jilicifolia
C. Moore ex Fourn. ; Polyscias Jilicifolia (Moore) Bailey
Recent introduction. Malesia, possible to Melanesia. Rare. Large erect shrub, up
to 3 m or taller, with few, rapidly ascending weak branches; leaves, mostly 15 to 70 cm
long, alternate, 1-pinnate, uppermost leaves turning a showy light-yellow, giving the
plant a feathery appearance; petioles, 5 to 20 cm long, petiolules, 1 to 2.5 cm long;
leaflets, 6 to 15 cm long and about 5 cm wide, opposite, entire to sharp-toothed or
narrowly lobed, 6 to 7 pairs, plus terminal leaflet (13 to 15 leaflets), anise-scented;
petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Planted ornamental, commonly in hedges. 6, 7.
Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms
te mamara (K?); lautagitagi (T)
syns. Panax fruitcosum L. ; Nothopanax fruticosus (L.) Miq.
Pre-World War I1 introduction. India to W. Polynesia. Occasional. Erect, rather
few-branched shrub, 1 to 3 in tall; leaves, up to 30 cm or longer, alternate, pinnate,
usually bi- or tri-pinnate; leaflets, 5 to 10 cm long, terminal leaf usually the largest,
green or variegated, coininonly edged with white, glabrous, anise-scented, irregularly-
shaped, more or less lanceolate, usually toothed, lobed laciniate or pinnatifid; flowers,
small, greenish-white, borne in small umbels, forming large terminal paniculate clusters;
fruit, flattened, orbicular, ribbed 2-seeded. Planted ornamental, commonly in hedges or
as a living fence. 2, 3(58698), 5, 6(171), 7(22323).
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Polyscias guilfoylei (Cogn. & ~arch .) ~aile~ "panax", "hedge panax"
te toara (K); lautagitagi (T)
syns. Aralia guilfoylei Cogn. & March.; Nothopanax guilfoylei (Cogn. &
March.) Merr.