It is evergreen shrub. One of the easiest of plants to grow.
This evergreen shrub has attractive dark green, glossy, palmate leaves densely covering flexible, green stems which gently fan out into a rounded crown. Plants are usually seen with multiple stems sprouting from the base. Branching can be encouraged by pinching the stems, which forms a denser shrub. It can be pruned into a small tree over a period of years where it would make an accent or patio tree. The tree remains a green mass, not changing during the year, except when it displays the brilliant orange-yellow fruit in the winter.
originate from the lower portions of the trunks and branches, and root into the ground.
hedges for shady areas. There is a cultivar available with variegated foliage.
Propagation is by seed, cuttings, or air-layers.
rare. Occasionally scale may infest this tree.
Variegated cream and green leaves.