Araliaceae

=Family description=
 * Evergreen shrubs or small trees and lianas**, occasionally growing on rocks or on other trees (epiphytic), with or without thorns, resinous.
 * Leaves** alternate, with petioles often clasping the twig (leaving large scars when dropped), leaf blades very variable in shape (often hand-shaped), also often differing strongly between juveniles and adults.
 * Flowers** mostly small, bisexual or male only, usually placed in large, complex clusters with the flowers grouped into stalked clusters (umbels), typically at the end of twigs. Calyx minute, 5 free petals (rarely up to 11), 5 free stamens, styles free or fused into a column. Ovary inferior with thin disc.
 * Fruits** small, globose or flattened with persistent styles at top, mostly thinly fleshy with several seeds.

=General info=
 * Distributio****n** More than 50 genera, found across the tropics.
 * Ecology** Usually in forest understorey, sometimes in open areas. Most common at higher elevations.

=Treated genera=
 * Schefflera
 * Trevesia

Schefflera sp

Trevesia palmata