Heptapleurum heterophyllum

Heptapleurum heterophyllum is a lower story rainforest tree native to the Malay Peninsula (Peninsular Malaysia and Peninsular Thailand). It belongs to the family Araliaceae.[1] Its common name is great-leaved ivy-palm. It is noteworthy for having very large leaves which are quadripalmate,[2] (i.e. the leaflet is the fourth order of branching in the leaf), possibly the only hardwood (dicot) tree that is so.

Heptapleurum heterophyllum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Heptapleurum
Species:
H. heterophyllum
Binomial name
Heptapleurum heterophyllum
(Wall. ex G.Don) Seem.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Hedera heterophylla Wall. ex G.Don
  • Paratropia heterophylla (Wall. ex G.Don) C.Presl
  • Schefflera heterophylla (Wall. ex G.Don) Harms

References
  1. Heptapleurum heterophyllum (Wall. ex G.Don) Seem. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 16 April 2023.
  2. Corner, Prof. E.J.H. (1952). Wayside Trees of Malaya - Volume 1. Singapore: Gov't Printing Office. p. 157.


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