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Polyscias scutellaria ‘Balfourii’

Common name: Shield Aralia, Plum Aralia, Balfour aralia
Shield aralia are perennial herb, like treelets or small trees, 2-6 m tall. Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate; leaf stalk 35-30 cm, enlarged and clasping at base, alate for 1-6 cm with membranous wings; petiolules 1-5 cm; leaflets 1, 3, or 5 (rarely 2 or 4), broadly elliptic to oblate or kidney-shaped, occasionally ovate or obovate, 5-20 × 5-20 cm, papery to subleathery, base shallowly heart-shaped or convex, margin subentire to serrates. Tiny flowers occur in erect panicles of umbels.
References
1. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Shield%20Aralia.html
2. https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/4/5/4594