Family Name: Araliaceae
Common Name: Australian Ivy-Palm
Umbrella Tree
Synonym: Brassia Actinophylla
Description:
Tropical rainferests of the Northern Territories of Australia, New Guinea and Java are home to the evergreen tree. This tender plant is often grown as an interior tree or house plant.
A large tree or small shrub, the tree tends to grow multiple trunks. The leaves are usually grouped at the ends of the trunks. They are large and roughly circular with several to many ablong, wide, shinny, light-green, finger-like leaflets. Each leaf is held on a long leaf stem. The plant has an upright and narrow profile.