This tree has a shaft-like grey trunk that is not buttress with spreading branches that form a domed crown. It has divided leaves with glossy green ovate leaflets and the tiny purplish cup-shaped flowers appear in a cluster during autumn.

Hardiness zones 9 to 12

Polyscias elegans is wide spread and is found from Tropical Asia to Indonesia, Polynesia and Australia including the Illawarra in New South Wales to north Queensland. It appears in scrub land or coastal rainforests growing in a protected sunny position in well drained, moist fertile soils and is frost and drought tender but salt spray tolerant.

Celery Wood is a sub tropical tree that is grown for its habit and its glossy foliage. It is planted in parks and gardens as a lawn specimen for shade and may be pruned to shape. It establishes in 3 to 5 years and is long lived and may become large with age. It is suitable for coastal and rainforest settings.ID 1872

Note:
Under cultivation the tree normally attains a height of 6m (20ft) and may form mutable trunks with a domed crown. The tree responds to pruning and can form many habits.

Polyscias (po-LIS-kee-as) elegans(el-ee-GAN-s)

Araliaceae(ah-RA-lee-AY-see-ee)