Schefflera arboricola
Dwarf umbrella tree
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Schefflera arboricola is an evergreen shrub or small tree characterized by its umbrella-like clusters of leaflets and often grown for its ornamental aerial roots. It produces showy cream to pink flowers followed by orange, berry-like fruits. While considered low maintenance and popular in landscaping, its leaves and sap are mildly toxic, and it thrives best with indirect sunlight.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3770.11%—7.1 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Ornamental
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15–20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 6–15 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Sun
- Part shade
- Water needs
- High
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.1 in, mean 8.8 in, 90th percentile 19 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Hainan Island monsoon rain forests
- South Taiwan monsoon rain forests
- Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests
Other Schefflera in the catalogue
4 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
