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Umbrella Tree
Photo: C & D Frith
Australia's Wet Tropics Rainforest Life
Umbrella Tree: Schefflera actinophylla
This is a member of the family Araliaceae, widely cultivated in
tropical and sub-tropical gardens.
It has bright red flowers, borne on groups of long spikes
that radiate out from the end of each branch and provide a rich nectar source for
honeyeaters and lorikeets, such as the Rainbow Lorikeet (pictured).
Umbrella Trees sometimes grow as epiphytes high up in the canopy.
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