Schefflera chinensis (Dunn) H. L. Li

Trees, to 10 m tall, probably andromonoecious. Petiole (10-)15-45 cm; petiolules 1-7 cm; leaflets 5-7, oblong-elliptic or elliptic to slightly ovate or obovate, (6-)10-24 × 3-12 cm, leathery, abaxially sparsely stellate pubescent or subglabrous, adaxially glabrous and sometimes shiny, secondary veins 8-12 pairs, raised, tertiary veins conspicuous abaxially, impressed adaxially in dry material, base broadly cuneate to nearly rounded, margin entire, sometimes serrate with 3-8 teeth apically, apex rounded to obtuse to acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of heads, densely woolly stellate pubescent, glabrescent; primary axis 20-35 cm; secondary axes to 15 cm, shorter apically, with a terminal head of bisexual flowers and 1 to few lateral heads of male flowers (caducous but leaving scars); flowers sessile or subsessile, heads globose. Calyx densely stellate pubescent, glabrescent. Ovary 5-carpellate; styles 5, ca. 1 mm, united at base, free apically. Fruit globose to obovoid or obloid, ca. 5 × 4.5-6 mm, 5-ribbed when dry; styles persistent, united for 1-1.5 mm, free arms recurved; pedicels to 1.5(-2) mm. Fl. Oct-Nov, fr. Feb-Mar.

Jiangxi, SW Yunnan.

● Evergreen broad-leaved forests, wet places in valleys, stream banks; 1500-2700 m.

Oreopanax chinensis Dunn, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35: 500. 1903; Schefflera pentagyra C. J. Tseng & G. Hoo; S. wangii H. L. Li.

Schefflera chinensis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong Họ Cuồng cuồng. Loài này được (Dunn) H.L.Li miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1942.

中华鹅掌柴（学名：Schefflera chinensis）为五加科鹅掌柴属的植物，是中国的特有植物。分布于中国大陆的云南等地，生长于海拔1,500米至2,000米的地区，多生长于常绿阔叶林中以及沟旁湿地，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。