Biology:Polyscias dichroostachya

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Polyscias dichroostachya
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Polyscias
Species:
P. dichroostachya
Binomial name
Polyscias dichroostachya
Baker

Polyscias dichroostachya is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius, where it used to be common in the forests of the south-west of the island.

It can be distinguished from the other Polyscias by its distinctive flower-spike and its more large, square leaf-segments of its compound leaves.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5476457 entry