Filicium decipiens

Short description: Species of plant in the family Sapindaceae

Filicium decipiens

Inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Sapindales
Family:  | Sapindaceae
Genus:  | Filicium
Species:  |

F. decipiens

Binomial name
Filicium decipiens

(Wight & Arn.) Thwaites

Synonyms[1]

* Filicium decipiens f. apterum Capuron
* Filicium elongatum Radlk. ex Taub.
* Jurighas decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze
* Pteridophyllum decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
* Rhus decipiens Wight & Arn.

Filicium decipiens, called the ferntree, fern tree or fern leaf tree, is a species of Filicium found in east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. It is planted as an ornamental tree in the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Hawaii, and elsewhere.[2]

As a street tree in Maui

## References

1. ↑ "Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2812910.
2. ↑ Wiersema, JH; León, B (7 January 2013). World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition. p. 306. ISBN 9781439821428.

Wikidata ☰ Q13112934 entry

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