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Araliaceae

Matchwood

Didymopanax morototoni (Aubl.) Decne. & Planch.

Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Didymopanax

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Matchwood: Schefflera morototoni syn. Didymopanax morototonii , in Mato Grosso , Brazil .
Photo: Mateus Hidalgo, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
arz
شيفليرا موروتوتونى
English
Matchwood
Latin
Schlefflera morototoni
Portuguese
Mandioqueira, Mandioqueiro, Morototó, Sciadophyllum paniculatum, Shefflera morototoni
Spanish
Amba`y guazu, Sciadophyllum paniculatum

Synonyms

  • Aralia micans Willd. ex Schult.
  • Didymopanax calophyllus Decne. & Planch.
  • Didymopanax chrysophyllus (Vahl) Decne. & Planch.
  • Didymopanax micans (Willd. ex Schult.) Krug & Urb.
  • Didymopanax morototoni var. poeppigii Marchal
  • Didymopanax morototoni var. sessiliflorus Marchal
  • Didymopanax poeppigii Decne. & Planch.
  • Didymopanax speciosus (Willd.) Decne. & Planch.
  • Didymopanax splendens (Kunth) Decne. & Planch. ex Seem.
  • Didymopanax splendidus Planch. ex Linden
  • Didymopanax undulatus Decne. & Planch. ex C.Wright
  • Oreopanax morototoni (Aubl.) Pittier
  • Panax chrysophyllus Vahl
  • Panax morototoni Aubl.
  • Panax speciosus Willd.
  • Panax spinosus Poir.
  • Panax splendens Kunth
  • Panax undulatus Kunth
  • Schefflera morototoni (Aubl.) Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin
  • Schefflera morototoni var. sessiliflorus (Marchal) Frodin
  • Schefflera splendens (Kunth) Frodin ex Lindeman
  • Sciodaphyllum paniculatum Britton

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.