| 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.
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, Florida, United States of America. |
| Habitat | Rainforests. |
| 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 radiating out like the tentacles of an octopus. |
| Fruit Description | Small drupes. |
| Colour Description | Leaves are dark green. Flowers are red. Fruit are black. |
