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Polyscias scutellaria

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643fe88852d64119860540
Scientific name Polyscias scutellaria
Authority (Burm.f.) Fosberg
First published in Occas. Pap. Univ. Hawaii 46: 9 (1948)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
Cultivars and forms of Polyscias scutellaria are widely grown as ornamental foliage plants, valued for their deeply lobed, glossy, dark-green leaves, sometimes variegated. The plant is produced in nurseries for interior landscaping, public displays, and as container stock for tropical horticulture.

Industrial and craft applications:
Cut stems and foliage of P. scutellaria are used in floristry and decorative arrangements, particularly in tropical and subtropical floral design. No significant timber, fiber, or gum/resin uses are documented.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No confirmed culinary or beverage uses are reported in reliable sources.

Colorants and tanning:
No documented dye, tannin, or ink use is reported.

Wood and fiber:
No documented timber, pulp, fiber, or other wood-product uses are reported.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No fragrance or cosmetic uses are documented.

Properties relevant to use:
The principal product is its decorative foliage; specific physical/chemical properties enabling use are not documented.

Standards and regulation:
No industry standards specific to P. scutellaria are documented.

Sustainability and sourcing:
P. scutellaria is cultivated in nurseries for ornamental markets; wild harvest and sustainability data are not well documented.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Nothopanax cochleatus (Lam.) Miq. Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 139 (1856)
Nothopanax scutellarius (Burm.f.) Merr. Interpr. Herb. Amboin. 409. 1917
Nothopanax tricochleatus Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. : 340 (1861)
Aralia cochleata Lam. Encycl. 1: 224 (1783)
Aralia rotunda hort. ex Truff. Rev. Hort. [Paris]. (1891) 224.
Panax cochleatus (Lam.) DC. Prodr. 4: 253 (1830)
Panax conchifolius Roxb. Hort. Bengal. : 21 (1814)
Panax heyneanus Wall. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 385 (1834)
Panax rotundatus B.S.Williams Nursery Cat. (B.S.Williams) 1879: 17, 32 (1879)
Panax rumphii Hassk. Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 9: 220 (1866)
Panax scutellarioides Reinw. ex Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 880 (1826)
Paratropia latifolia (Wight & Arn.) K.Koch Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 365 (1859)
Polyscias tricochleata (Miq.) Fosberg Phytologia 5: 290 (1955)
Polyscias scutellarioides (Reinw. ex Blume) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 2: 367 (1998)
Crassula scutellaria Burm.f. Fl. Indica : 78 (1768)
Hedera cochleata (Lam.) Sweet Hort. Brit. : 193 (1826)
Hedera latifolia Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. : 376 (1834)
Aralia rotundifolia hort. ex Truff. Rev. Hort. 63: 224 1891
Aralia rotunda W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 193: 12. 1883 (1883)
Aralia latifolia Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 376 (1834)
Crassula scutellaria Burm.f. Fl. Indica : 78 (1768)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English shield aralia
English plum aralia
Indonesian daun mangkokan
Indonesian mangkokan
Russian Полисциас шлемниковый
Chinese 圆叶南洋参

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indo-China
      • Thailand
    • Malesia
      • Maluku
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands
  • Pacific
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
      • Marianas
      • Marshall Islands
    • South-central Pacific
      • Line Islands
      • Society Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Gilbert Islands
      • Santa Cruz Island
      • Vanuatu
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000280144
USDA Plants POSC10
Tropicos 2200837
INPN 446943
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:91817-1
The Plant List kew-162576
Open Tree Of Life 673777
NCBI Taxonomy 150539
Nature Serve 2.137054
IPNI 91817-1
iNaturalist 167273
GBIF 3035778
Freebase /m/0j9pp67
EPPO PYJSC
EOL 1152275
USDA GRIN 409425
Wikipedia Polyscias_scutellaria
CMAUP NPO19214

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Conductivity-Based Gas Sensors Using Tamarindus indica Polysaccharide-Capped Gold Nanoparticles for the Detection of Volatile Gases Selvanayakam S, Esakkidurai SP, Kalaiyar S ACS Omega 24-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10918775
doi:10.1021/acsomega.3c09137
PMID:38463309
Plants, Cells, Algae, and Cyanobacteria In Vitro and Cryobank Collections at the Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences—A Platform for Research and Production Center Yuorieva N, Sinetova M, Messineva E, Kulichenko I, Fomenkov A, Vysotskaya O, Osipova E, Baikalova A, Prudnikova O, Titova M, Nosov AV, Popova E Biology (Basel) 09-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10295647
doi:10.3390/biology12060838
PMID:37372123
Lactogenic effect of Polyscias scutellaria extract to maintain postpartum prolactin and oxytocin in lactating rats Budiono B, Pertami SB, Kasiati, Arifah SN, Atho'illah MF J Ayurveda Integr Med 24-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC10307687
doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2022.100580
PMID:35753895
Effect of UV Irradiation (A and C) on Casuarina equisetifolia-Mediated Biosynthesis and Characterization of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activity of Biocompatible Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Khan AK, Renouard S, Drouet S, Blondeau JP, Anjum I, Hano C, Abbasi BH, Anjum S Pharmaceutics 22-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8622962
doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics13111977
PMID:34834392
Photochemical Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles—A Review Jara N, Milán NS, Rahman A, Mouheb L, Boffito DC, Jeffryes C, Dahoumane SA Molecules 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8348930
doi:10.3390/molecules26154585
PMID:34361738
Nanotechnologies: An Innovative Tool to Release Natural Extracts with Antimicrobial Properties Spizzirri UG, Aiello F, Carullo G, Facente A, Restuccia D Pharmaceutics 06-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7915176
doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics13020230
PMID:33562128
What’s in a name? Revisiting medicinal and religious plants at an Amazonian market Geertsma IP, Françozo M, van Andel T, Rodríguez MA J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 05-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7866673
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00433-4
PMID:33546714
Phytosynthesized nanoparticles as a potential cancer therapeutic agent Jeevanandam J, Kulabhusan PK, Sabbih G, Akram M, Danquah MK 3 Biotech 16-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7669941
doi:10.1007/s13205-020-02516-7
PMID:33224704
Phytotherapies in motion: French Guiana as a case study for cross-cultural ethnobotanical hybridization Tareau MA, Bonnefond A, Palisse M, Odonne G J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 16-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7493365
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00404-1
PMID:32938478
Macro- and Micronutrients from Traditional Food Plants Could Improve Nutrition and Reduce Non-Communicable Diseases of Islanders on Atolls in the South Pacific Lyons G, Dean G, Tongaiaba R, Halavatau S, Nakabuta K, Lonalona M, Susumu G Plants (Basel) 24-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7464995
doi:10.3390/plants9080942
PMID:32722347
Determination of the Major Component of Water Fraction of Katuk (Sauropus androgynous (L.) Merr.) Leaves by Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Mustarichie R, Salsabila T, Iskandar Y J Pharm Bioallied Sci 30-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC7020837
doi:10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_205_19
PMID:32148372
Effects of anthropogenic wildfire in low-elevation Pacific island vegetation communities in French Polynesia Newman EA, Winkler CA, Hembry DH PeerJ 20-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC6015486
doi:10.7717/peerj.5114
PMID:29942716
Screening of in vitro antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional Indonesian medicine Romulo A, Zuhud EA, Rondevaldova J, Kokoska L Pharm Biol 16-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC6130619
doi:10.1080/13880209.2018.1462834
PMID:29656672
Ethnobotanical survey of cosmetic plants used in Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) Jost X, Ansel JL, Lecellier G, Raharivelomanana P, Butaud JF J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 29-Nov-2016
PMCID:PMC5129640
doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0128-5
PMID:27899137
Lapita Diet in Remote Oceania: New Stable Isotope Evidence from the 3000-Year-Old Teouma Site, Efate Island, Vanuatu Kinaston R, Buckley H, Valentin F, Bedford S, Spriggs M, Hawkins S, Herrscher E PLoS One 05-Mar-2014
PMCID:PMC3944017
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090376
PMID:24598939

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Triterpene glycosides / Triterpene saponins
Calendulaglycoside F 5104673 Click to see 632.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97786-0
Calenduloside E 176079 Click to see 632.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97786-0
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives
Guanidinoacetic Acid 763 Click to see 117.11 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Alpha amino acids / L-alpha-amino acids
L-Arginine 6322 Click to see 174.20 unknown via CMAUP database
Lysine zwitterion 122198194 Click to see 146.19 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Histidine and derivatives
(2S)-2-ammonio-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoate 6971009 Click to see 155.15 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic nitrogen compounds / Organonitrogen compounds / Amines / Primary amines / 2-arylethylamines
Histamine 774 Click to see 111.15 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic nitrogen compounds / Organonitrogen compounds / Amines / Primary amines / Monoalkylamines
Ethylamine 6341 Click to see CCN 45.08 unknown via CMAUP database
Isoamylamine 7894 Click to see CC(C)CCN 87.16 unknown via CMAUP database
Propylamine 7852 Click to see 59.11 unknown via CMAUP database
Putrescine 1045 Click to see 88.15 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic nitrogen compounds / Organonitrogen compounds / Amines / Secondary amines / Dialkylamines
Dimethylamine 674 Click to see CNC 45.08 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic nitrogen compounds / Organonitrogen compounds / Amines / Tertiary amines / Trialkylamines
Trimethylamine 1146 Click to see CN(C)C 59.11 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic nitrogen compounds / Organonitrogen compounds / Guanidines
Agmatine 199 Click to see 130.19 unknown via CMAUP database
Guanidine 3520 Click to see 59.07 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic nitrogen compounds / Organonitrogen compounds / Quaternary ammonium salts / Cholines
Choline 305 Click to see 104.17 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Azoles / Imidazoles / Substituted imidazoles / Imidazolyl carboxylic acids and derivatives
(S)-2-hydroxy-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoic acid 440129 Click to see C1=C(NC=N1)CC(C(=O)O)O 156.14 unknown via CMAUP database
CID 28305488 28305488 Click to see 126.11 unknown via CMAUP database
Urocanic acid 736715 Click to see C1=C(NC=N1)C=CC(=O)O 138.12 unknown via CMAUP database

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