Schefflera heptaphylla

Botanic Name Recordings

鵝掌柴, 鴨腳木

Schefflera octophylla

Ivy Tree

Plant Type

Native/Exotic

Usual Habitats

Tree

Native

Hillside Woodland

Evergreen/Deciduous/

Semi Deciduous

Evergreen

Design Function

Drought Tolerant, Hillside/Slope Planting Native, Shade Tree

Foliage Colour (other than or in addition to green)

Foliage Colour (other than green) Time of Year

Fruit Colour

Black, Green

Fruit Time of Year

a. JANUARY, b. FEBRUARY, l. DECEMBER

White

Flower Colour

Flower Time of Year

h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER

Landscape Application Examples

20220424_Between Shap Long and Ngau Kwu Wan, Chi Ma Wan_Celtis sinensis, Schefflera heptaphylla, Cratoxylum cochinchinense

20220409_Nam Shan, Mui Wo_Schefflera heptaphylla, Alpina hainanensis

20220306_Olympic Trail, looking back towards Mui Wo_Machilus chekiangensis, Schefflera heptaphylla, distribution of the various habitats governed mostly by topography and resulting hydrology, and human intervention

20210307_Mui Wo_Acacia confusa, Schefflera heptaphylla

20210228_Discovery Bay Lookout, Lo Fu Tau_Acacia confusa, Schefflera heptaphylla, Fagraea ceilanica, Rhaphiolepis indica

20200311_HKU_Acacia confusa, Ligustrum sinense, Schefflera heptaphylla

20220409_Near Nam Shan, Lantau_Schefflera heptaphylla, Machilus thunbergii

20220409_Nam Shan BBQ area, Lantau_Schefflera heptaphylla berries

20220306_Olympic Trail, Mui Wo_Schefflera heptaphylla, naturally regenerating hillside woodland

20210307_Mui Wo_Acacia confusa, Rhaphiolepis indica, Schefflera heptaphylla, Dicranopteris pedata, The impact of hill fires on vegetation

20200311_HKU_Schefflera arboricola, Schefflera heptaphylla, Schefflera actinophylla

20200307_Tung Chung Battery Trail_Acacia auriculiformis, Rhaphiolepis indica, Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, Schefflera heptaphylla

Schefflera heptaphylla

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