Polyscias multijuga
(A. Gray) Harms.
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Description
A tree. It grows 2-15 m high. It is usually slender and with few branches. The trunk is 20 cm across. The flowers are green when young but turn red. The ripe fruit are purple.
Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Distribution
A tropical plant. In Fiji it grows from sea level to 1,100 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Fiji, Niue, Pacific, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna,
Synonyms
Paratropia multijuga A. GrayNothopanax multijugam Seem.Panax multijugus Benth.Panax multijugum Benth. & Hook.
Also Known As
Bees
References (7)
- Barrau, J., 1976, Subsistence Agriculture in Melanesia. Bernice P. Bishop Museu, Bulletin 219 Honolulu Hawaii. Kraus reprint. p 59 (As Tieghemopanax excelsus)
- Cabalion, P. and Morat, P., 1983, Introduction le vegetation, la flore et aux noms vernaculaires de l'ile de Pentcoste (Vanuatu), In: Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquee JATBA Vol. 30, 3-4 (As Polyscias excelsa)
- Franklin, J., Keppel, G., & Whistler, W., 2008, The vegetation and flora of Lakeba, Nayau and Aiwa Islands, Central Lau Group, Fiji. Micronesica 40(1/2): 169–225, 2008
- Massal, E. and Barrau, J., 1973, Food Plants of the South Sea Islands. SPC Technical Paper No 94. Noumea, New Caledonia. p 35 (As Tieghemopanax excelsus)
- Smith, A.C., 1985, Flora Vitiensis Nova, Lawaii, Kuai, Hawaii, Volume 3 p 637
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- Vanuatu herbarium
- Walter, A. & Lebot, V., 2007, Gardens of Oceania. ACIAR Monograph No. 122. p 171
