Schefflera chinensis

(Dunn) H. L. Li

Araliaceae Edible: Leaves

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Description

A tree. It grows 10 m tall. The leaf stalks are 15-45 cm long. The leaves have 5-7 leaflets. These are oblong or oval and 10-24 cm long by 3-12 cm wide. They are hairy underneath. The flowers are in a group of heads at the top of the plant. The fruit are round and 5 cm across. They have 5 ribs.

Edible Uses

The leaves are eaten raw or boiled and cooked as a vegetable.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are eaten raw and also boiled and cooked as a vegetable.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in evergreen, broad-leaved forests in wet places in valleys between 1,500-2,700 m above sea level. It grows in Yunnan in China. In XTBG Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Asia, China,

References (1)

Ghorbani, A., et al, 2012, A comparison of the wild food plant use knowledge of ethnic minorities in Naban River Watershed Nature Reserve, Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 8:17