Species · genus Polyscias · Araliaceae

Ming Aralia

Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms

Also known as: Teatree

Growth habit
shrub or tree
Native range
Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Queensland, Sulawesi, Vanuatu
Reference · P. fruticosa

Cultivars of P. fruticosa

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No named cultivars catalogued under P. fruticosa yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Polyscias fruticosa is a woody shrub or small tree from the humid tropics of the southwest Pacific and northern Australia, where it grows as understory and forest-margin vegetation. Give it bright indirect light and let the top inch or two of mix dry before watering, as its woody roots resent staying wet. It tolerates ordinary household humidity but appreciates steady warmth and good airflow.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified
Light
ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water
ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d)
Humidity
ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil
ai:claude-fable-5
Care
ai:claude-fable-5
Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 12 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

16–27 °C

Soil mix

Rich, well-draining peat-based potting mix

Propagation

Stem cuttings rooted in warmth and humidity

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly in spring and summer

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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