Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Polyscias scutellaria

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

A shrub which forms many branches from the base. It is 1-6 m high and spreads 1.5-3 m wide. The stems are bronze-green and there are distinct scars where the leaves fall off. The leaves have long leaf stalks and they can be simple or have 1-5 leaflets. The leaves are often cup shaped or saucer shaped. The leaf is elongated along the leaf stalk for about a quarter of its length. The leaves have teethed and are smooth on both sides. They are dark green on top and lighter green beneath. The leaf blade is 8-25 across and almost round or kidney shaped. The leaf stalk is 6-28 cm long. The flowers are 0.5 cm across. They are white or yellow. The fruit is 0.7 cm across and purplish-black. It is round and fleshy.

A tropical plant. It occurs in the lower altitude regions. It needs well drained soils. It often grows at low altitudes and up to 800 m altitude. It is often grown as a hedge. In XTBG Yunnan.

Common Names: Saucer leaf, Cup leaf papua, Hedge panax, Bei, Belahess, Daun belangkas, Daun mangkok, Godong mangkokan, Lala, Mamanukan, Mangkokan, Ndanindani, Platito, Semangkok, Shield aralia, Te toara

Synonyms: 

Nothopanax scutellaria (Burm.f.) Merr.;
Nothopanax cochleatum Miq.;
Panax cochleatum DC.;
Polyscias cochleatum Lam.;