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Scientific Name
Synonyms
Family
Common Names
Origin
Naturalised Distribution
Notes
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habit (Photo: Greg Jordan)

large once-compound leaves and clusters of fruit (Photo: Greg Jordan)

close-up of immature fruit (Photo: Greg Jordan)

Polyscias sambucifolia subsp decomposita, with twice-compound leaves (Photo: Jackie Miles and Max Campbell)

Polyscias sambucifolia

Scientific Name

Polyscias sambucifolia (Sieber ex DC.) Harms

Synonyms

Panax sambucifolius Sieber ex DC.

Family

Araliaceae

Common Names

elderberry ash, elderberry panax, ornamental ash

Origin

Native to large parts of eastern Australia (i.e. south-eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales, the ACT and eastern and central Victoria).

Naturalised Distribution

Naturalised in Tasmania.

Notes

Elderberry panax (Polyscias sambucifolia) is regarded as an environmental weed in Tasmania.