''Schefflera morototoni'' (yagrumo macho; syn. ''Didymopanax morototoni'' ( Aubl.)

Decne. Joseph Decaisne (7 March 1807 – 8 January 1882) was a French botanist and agronomist. He became an ''aide-naturaliste'' to Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797-1853), who served as the chair of rural botany. It was during this time that he began to stu ...

& Planch., ''Didymopanax morototoni'' var. ''angustipetalum'' March; ''Panax morototoni'' Aublet; ''Sciadophyllum paniculatum'' Britton ) is a timber tree native to southern Mexico, the

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, Central America, and South America. It grows in a variety of habitats, such as the

Caatinga Caatinga (, ) is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation" (''caa'' = forest, v ...

Cerrado The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are the ...

, and Amazon Rainforest of

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''Schefflera morototoni''
morototoni Trees of Mexico Trees of South America Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Araliaceae-stub