Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites is a plant in the Sapindaceae family, order Sapindales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites

Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites

Filicium decipiens is a naturally distributed Filicium species that is commonly planted as an ornamental tree worldwide.

Family
Genus
Filicium
Order
Sapindales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites

Filicium decipiens, commonly known as the ferntree, fern tree, or fern leaf tree, is a species belonging to the genus Filicium. Its natural range covers east Africa, Madagascar, India, and Sri Lanka. It is widely planted as an ornamental tree in the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Hawaii, and many other regions.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Sapindales Sapindaceae Filicium

More from Sapindaceae

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