Polyscias sleumeri
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Description
Monocaulous sympodial shrub, 1-1.5 m, with leaves spaced along the upper part of the stem;
Leaves imparipinnate, with 3-4 pairs of leaflets (leaflets occasionally in threes), c. 35 cm long;
Inflorescence a compound umbel, red-furfuraceous (stem growth renewed by a bud between the inflorescence and the uppermost leaf);
Petals 5, broadly oblong, 3-4 mm long.
Stamens 5, anthers 1 mm long, filaments 2 mm.
Ovary turbinate, 2 mm high, 2-celled, the fleshy disk forming a projecting conical stylopodium;
Fruit rotund to ovoid compressed 5-6 by 5 mm crowned by the prominent persistent calyx and the beak-like stylopodium (2-2½ mm long);