中文名（Chinese Name）：密脉鹅掌柴
学名（Scientific Name）：Schefflera elliptica (Blume) Harms
英文名（English Common Name）：
别名（Chinese Common Name）：
异名（Synonym）：Schefflera fukienensis Merr.  Schefflera venulosa (Wight et Arn.) Harms  Heptapleurum venulosum (Wight et Arn.) Seem.  Heptapleurum cavaleriei H. Lév.  Paratropia venulosa Wight et Arn.  Schefflera bengalensis Gamble  Paratropia elliptica (Blume) Miq.  Heptapleurum ellipticum (Blume) Seem.  Hedera verticillata Span.  Paratropia verticillata (Span.) K. Koch  Heptapleurum rertieilatum (Span.) Seem.  Sciadophyllum vertieillatum Span.  Sciadophyllum ellipticum Blume  Schefflera agusanensis Elmer  Schefflera nitida Merr.  Schefflera pubigera (Brongn. ex Planch.) Frodin  Paratropia crassa Blanco  Paratropia obtusa Blanco  Paratropia macrantha Miq.  Paratropia micrantha Miq.  Heptapleurum micranthum (Miq.) Seem.  Schefflera minimiflora Ridl.  Heptapleurum natale Ridl.  Schefflera odorata (Blanco) Merr. et Bolfe  Paratropia pubigera Brog. et Planch.  Sciodaphyllum ellipticum Blume  Paratropia assamicum K. Koch  Sciadophyllum assamicum K. Koch  Aralia moorei F. Muell.  Schefflera stelzneriana Guillaumin  Unjala rheedii Reinw. ex Blume  Hedera venosa Wall.  Sciodaphyllum verticillatum (Span.) Walp.  Unjala rheedei Reinw. ex Blume  Polyscias odorata Blanco  Heptapleurum verticillatum (Span.) Seem.  Paratropia elliptica var. ovata Miq.  Paratropia elliptica var. riparia Miq.  Paratropia elliptica var. tetraphylla Miq.  Paratropia elliptica var. verticillata (Span.) Miq.  Schefflera elliptica var. microphylla F.M.Mull.  Paratropia elliptica var. micrantha (Miq.) Miq.
科属（Family & Genus）：五加科（Araliaceae）鹅掌柴属
形态特征（Description）：灌木或小乔木，高2-10米，有时为附生藤状灌木；小枝圆柱状，被很快脱净锈色星状绒毛。叶有小叶5-7，稀4；叶柄长10-12厘米或更长，无毛；托叶和叶柄基部合生成鞘状；小叶片革质，椭圆形或长圆形，长11-16厘米，宽4-6厘米，先端急尖或短渐尖，基部渐狭，钝形至近圆形，两面均无毛，边缘全缘而反卷，中脉在上面微隆起，下面隆起，侧脉5-6对，有时多达8对，网脉稠密而隆起；小叶柄有狭沟，长2-5厘米，中央的比两侧的长，无毛。圆锥花序顶生，幼时密生星状绒毛，后变无毛；伞形花序有花7-10朵，10多个至20个总状排列在分枝上；苞片卵状三角形，长约8毫米，除边缘有纤毛外，其余无毛，早落；总花梗长5-7毫米，结实时长至1.5厘米；花梗长1-2毫米，结实时长4-5毫米；萼无毛，边缘全缘；花瓣5，长2毫米，有3脉，无毛；雄蕊5，和花瓣等长；子房5室，无花柱，柱头5，花盘略隆起。果实卵形或近球形，有5稜，红色，连花盘长4毫米，直径约3毫米；花盘隆起成圆锥状，五角形，长约为果实的1/4。花期5月，果期6月。
分布（Distribution）：。分布于云南西部和南部、贵州、湖南西部。生于谷地常绿阔叶林中，有时附生树上，海拔900-1500米。越南、印度也有分布。
用途（Use）：本种亦为民间草药，外用治跌打损伤、风湿性关节炎
引自中国植物志英文版：FOC Vol. 13 Page 455, 459
Schefflera elliptica (Blume) Harms in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 39. 1894.
密脉鹅掌柴 mi mai e zhang chai | Araliaceae| Schefflera
Sciodaphyllum ellipticum Blume, Bijdr. 878. 1826; Hedera venosa Wallich; Paratropia pubigera Brogniart & Planchon; Schefflera fukienensis Merrill; S. pubicera (Brogniart & Planchon) Frodin.
Shrubs or small trees, to 10 m tall, sometimes scandent or epiphytic. Petiole 4-14(-18) cm; petiolules 2-5 cm; leaflets 5-7, elliptic to oblong or obovate, 11-16(-26) × 4-6(-16) cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins 5 or 6(-20) pairs, tertiary veins raised, prominent, base attenuate or obtuse to nearly rounded, margin entire, minutely thickened, sometimes revolute, apex acuminate to acute. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of umbels, sparsely to densely stellate when young, glabrescent; primary axis (2-)4-20(-30) cm; secondary axes to 18 cm; peduncles 0.5-1.5 cm; pedicels 2-3 mm. Calyx obscure. Ovary 5-carpellate; stigmas 5, sessile. Fruit ovoid to ellipsoid or subglobose, 3-4 mm, 5-ribbed when dry; disk broadly conic to pyramidal. Fl. Mar-Jul, fr. Feb-Jul, Oct.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests in valleys, or epiphytic on trees; 900-2100 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, W Hunan, Xizang, Yunnan [India, Thailand, Vietnam].
The name Schefflera venulosa (Wight & Arnott) Harms (Paratropia venulosa Wight & Arnott) has been misapplied to this species.
Schefflera elliptica is used medicinally.
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