Araliaceae
Shield aralia
Polyscias scutellaria
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Polyscias
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 圆叶南洋参
- English
- Shield aralia, Plum aralia
- Indonesian
- Mangkokan, Daun mangkokan
- Russian
- Полисциас шлемниковый
Synonyms
- Aralia cochleata Lam.
- Aralia latifolia Wight & Arn.
- Aralia rotunda hort. ex Truff.
- Aralia rotunda W.Bull
- Aralia rotundifolia hort. ex Truff.
- Crassula scutellaria Burm.f.
- Crassula scutellaria Burm.f.
- Hedera cochleata (Lam.) Sweet
- Hedera latifolia Wight & Arn.
- Nothopanax cochleatus (Lam.) Miq.
- Nothopanax scutellarius (Burm.f.) Merr.
- Nothopanax tricochleatus Miq.
- Panax cochleatus (Lam.) DC.
- Panax conchifolius Roxb.
- Panax heyneanus Wall. ex G.Don
- Panax rotundatus B.S.Williams
- Panax rumphii Hassk.
- Panax scutellarioides Reinw. ex Blume
- Paratropia latifolia (Wight & Arn.) K.Koch
- Polyscias scutellarioides (Reinw. ex Blume) M.R.Almeida
- Polyscias tricochleata (Miq.) Fosberg
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Primejyothi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Primejyothi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aris riyanto, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.