General Description | Large evergreen shrub grown for it’s foliage. |
Landscape | Low-maintenance ornamental potted houseplant. |
Propagation | By tip cuttings or by air layering. |
Cultivation | Best grown in full sun to partial shade with well-drained soil. Water regularly but moderately during the growing season, with reduced watering from autumn to late winter. |
Pests | Soft rot, bacterial leaf spot, mealybugs, aphids, spider mites, thrips, and scale. |
Notable Specimens | Centennial Conservatory, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. |
Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
Leaf Description | 7 - 16 leaflets. On each leaf, the elliptic to ovate leaflets grow up to 30 cm long and radiate outward in an umbrella-like fashion. |
Flower Description | Inflorescence consists of small flowers in compact umbels that appear on long stalks that radiates outward. |
Fruit Description | Small drupes. |
Colour Description | Leaves are bright green. Flowers are red. Fruit are black. |
Texture Description | Leaves are glossy. |