Filicium decipiens

Filicium decipiens, called the ferntree, fern tree or fern leaf tree, is a species of Filicium found in east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. It is planted as an ornamental tree in the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Hawaii, and elsewhere.[2]

As a street tree in Maui

Filicium decipiens
Inflorescence
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Filicium
Species:
F. decipiens
Binomial name
Filicium decipiens
(Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
Synonyms[1]
  • Filicium decipiens f. apterum Capuron
  • Filicium elongatum Radlk. ex Taub.
  • Jurighas decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze
  • Pteridophyllum decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
  • Rhus decipiens Wight & Arn.

References
  1. "Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites". The Plant List. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. Wiersema, JH; León, B (7 January 2013). World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition. p. 306. ISBN 9781439821428.
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