南洋鵝掌藤

南洋鵝掌藤學名Schefflera elliptica (Blume) Harms，五加科鵝掌柴(鴨腳木)屬常綠灌木植物，又稱蘭嶼鵝掌藤、密脈鵝掌柴，原產於南洋群島、蘭嶼，植株半蔓性，叢生狀，莖多分枝，圓筒形，有細縱條紋，具褐色皮孔，葉互生，稀對生，掌狀複葉，如鵝之腳丫子狀，叢生於枝條先端，小葉五至九枚，小葉橢圓形，端部圓鈍狀，有小突，基部圓鈍至寬楔形，全緣葉，革質，葉濃綠、深綠色，富光澤，羽狀脈，中肋明顯，側脈約七至九對，托葉與葉柄基部合生成鞘狀，長葉柄，柄基部擴大，小葉柄長約五至十公分，皆光滑無毛，兩性花，繖形花序，具花三至十枚，十數枝至數十枝總狀排列於分枝上，再組合排列成圓錐花序狀，頂生或腋生，花序梗長，花梗長約一公分，光滑，苞片小，早落，花萼筒形，長約一公釐，與子房合生，先端截形，花小而多，花冠幅形，輻射對稱，擴展狀，長約三公釐，花白、淡綠白、淡綠色，花瓣五至七枚，長三角形，鑷合狀排列，有三脈，無毛，中央有龍骨突起，花盤肉質，扁平形、圓形、圓錐形，雄蕊五至十枚，離生，生於花瓣上，著生於花盤邊緣，花絲平滑，與花瓣互生，雌蕊圓錐形，平滑，雌蕊心皮五至十一枚，合生，花柱五至十一枚，略合生或合生柱狀，短圓錐形，花柱有溝紋，五裂，柱頭不明顯或無，子房下位，子房五、六室，中軸胎座，核果，漿質，球形，具五、六條縱溝，熟果橘紅、橘黃、深紅色，種子四至七枚。

「南洋鵝掌藤」與「卵葉鵝掌藤」相似，其葉片形狀略有不同，南洋鵝掌藤較圓，葉端較尖狀。

鵝掌柴(Schefflera)屬常見之品種有：
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Schefflera actinophylla(澳洲鴨腳木、澳洲鵝掌柴、掌葉鵝掌藤、呂宋鵝掌柴、昆士蘭傘樹)
Schefflera actinophylla 'Nova'
Schefflera actinophylla 'Com-pacta'(密枝鵝掌柴)
Schefflera actinophylla 'Variegata'(花葉鵝掌藤、班葉澳洲鴨腳木、斑葉鵝掌藤)
Schefflera angustifoliolata(狹葉鵝掌柴)
Schefflera arboricola(鵝掌蘗、鵝掌藤、九筆榕、狗腳蹄、狗腳榕、江某松)
Schefflera arboricola 'Dazzle'
Schefflera arboricola 'Gold Finger'(斑葉鵝掌藤)
Schefflera arboricola 'Hong Kong'(卵葉鵝掌藤、香港鵝掌藤)
Schefflera arboricola 'Luseane'(小葉鵝掌藤)
Schefflera arboricola 'Madame de Smet'
Schefflera arboricola 'Sun Burst'
Schefflera arboricola 'Trinette'(黃金鵝掌藤)
Schefflera arboricola 'Variegata'(斑葉鵝掌藤、斑卵鵝掌藤、斑卵葉鵝掌藤、白斑鵝掌藤)
Schefflera arboricola 'White'(白斑鵝掌藤)
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Schefflera bodinieri(短序鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera chinensis(中華鵝掌柴)
Schefflera chinpinensis(金平鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera delavayi(穗序鵝掌柴、德氏鴨腳木、紅絨毛鴨腳木、大五加皮、假通脫木)
Schefflera digitata(紐西蘭鵝掌柴、新西蘭鵝掌柴、紐西蘭七指樹)
Schefflera diversifoliolata(異葉鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera elata(高鵝掌柴)
Schefflera elegantissima(孔雀木、手樹)
Schefflera elegantissima 'Castor'(密葉孔雀木、密葉手樹)
Schefflera elegantissima 'Castor Variegata'(斑葉密葉孔雀木、斑葉密葉手樹)
Schefflera elegantissima 'Gold Crest'
Schefflera elliptica(密脈鵝掌柴、蘭嶼鵝掌藤、南洋鵝掌藤)
Schefflera emarginata
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Schefflera fengii(文山鵝掌柴)
Schefflera fukienensis(福建鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera glomerulata(球序鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera hainanensis(海南鵝掌柴)
Schefflera heptaphylla( = Schefflera octophylla)(鵝掌柴)
Schefflera hoi(紅河鵝掌柴)
Schefflera hoi var. hoi(紅河鵝掌柴原變種)
Schefflera hoi var. hoi f. acuta(急尖葉紅河鵝掌柴)
Schefflera hoi var. macrophylla(大葉紅河鵝掌柴)
Schefflera hypoleuca(白背鵝掌柴)
Schefflera hypoleucoides(離柱鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera impressa(凹脈鵝掌柴)
Schefflera impressa var. glabrescens(光葉凹脈鵝掌柴)
Schefflera impressa var. impressa(凹脈鵝掌柴原變種)
Schefflera insignis(粉背鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera khasiana(扁盤鵝掌柴)
Schefflera kwangsiensis(廣西鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera macorostachya(昆士蘭傘木)
Schefflera macrophylla(大葉鵝掌柴)
Schefflera marlipoensis(麻栗坡鵝掌柴)
Schefflera metcalfiana(多葉鵝掌柴)
Schefflera microphylla(呂宋鵝掌柴)
Schefflera minutistellata(星毛鴨腳木)
Schefflera multinervia(多脈鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera octophylla(江某、鵝掌柴、鴨腳木、飯來樹、八葉五加)
Schefflera octophylla 'Variegata'(花葉鵝掌柴)
Schefflera odorata(蘭嶼鵝掌藤、鵝掌藤)
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Schefflera parvifoliolata(小葉鵝掌柴)
Schefflera pentagyra(五柱鵝掌柴)
Schefflera polypyrena(多核鵝掌柴)
Schefflera producta(尾葉鵝掌柴)
Schefflera pueckleri(多蕊木)
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Schefflera rubriflora(紅花鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera shweliensis(瑞麗鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera taiwaniana(台灣鵝掌柴)
Schefflera tenuis(細序鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera venulosa(密脈鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera wardii(西藏鵝掌柴)
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Schefflera yui(粗芽鵝掌柴)
Schefflera yunnanensis(雲南鵝掌柴)
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