''Polyscias balfouriana'', known as Balfour aralia or dinner plate aralia, is a species in the family
Araliaceae.
The species is native from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia.
It is a bushy shrub. Leaves are alternate and have long petioles. Flowers are white with 5 petals.
The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
honors
John Hutton Balfour
John Hutton Balfour (15 September 1808 – 11 February 1884) was a Scottish botanist. Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, moving to the University of Edinburgh and also becoming the 7th Regius Keepe ...
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[ The species is often grown in cultivation as an ornamental.]
References
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