Araliaceae
Black pencil cedar
Polyscias elegans
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Polyscias
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Black pencil cedar, Celerywood, Silver basswood
Synonyms
- Aralia elegans A.Cunn. ex W.Hill
- Gelibia branderhorstii (Harms) Hutch.
- Gelibia elegans (C.Moore & F.Muell.) Hutch.
- Nothopanax elegans (C.Moore & F.Muell.) Seem.
- Panax elegans C.Moore & F.Muell.
- Panax polybotryus F.Muell.
- Polyscias branderhorstii Harms
- Tieghemopanax elegans (C.Moore & F.Muell.) R.Vig.
Photos
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: John Perse, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Cam Neville, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Md Uddin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.