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Schefflera Vine
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Schefflera Vine
ative Photo: Thingnam Girija
Common name: Schefflera Vine • Assamese: dhobai-lata, dhovalata • Bengali: bansimar • Hindi: Dain • Kannada: bili-bhuthala • Malayalam: Unjala • Manipuri: ꯎꯇꯥꯡ Utang • Marathi: ravnith • Mizo: kelbuh • Oriya: nondamal • Tamil: modakama • Telugu: Chippari, gaalana • Nepali: डाङ्ग डिङ्गे Daang Dinge, कुर्सिमाल Kursimaal, कुस्मेरो Kusmero
Botanical name: Heptapleurum venulosum    Family: Araliaceae (Ivy family)
Synonyms: Paratropia venulosa, Schefflera venulosa, Hedera venulosa
Schefflera Vine is a large hairless climbing shrub. Leaves are digitately compound. Leaf stalk is 7-20 cm long. Leaflets are 6 (number may vary), elliptic to ovate, entire, long-pointed, 4.5-19 cm long. Leaflet stalk is 1.5-6 cm long. Sepal margin is entire. Petals are 5. Styles are united at the base. is found in the Himalayas, from Punjab to Assam, India, N. Burma, Indo-China, W. & S. China, Malaya, at altitudes of 300-1800 m. Flowering: February-March.
Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess Photographed at Naukuchiatal, Uttarakhand & Maharashtra.
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