1. DIZYGOTHECA ELEGANTISSIMA ‘CASTOR’
BOTANICAL NAME
DIZYGOTHECA ELEGANTISSIMA ‘CASTOR’

2. PRONUNCIATION
Di - zy - go -THEE - ka

3. COMMON NAME
False Aralia

5. FAMILY
Araliaceae

6. Life Cycle
House Plant- perennial
Outdoors- annual

7. Growth Habit
Tree
Height 15’
Width 3’
Upright

8. ARRANGEMENT and composition
Alternate and palmately compound

9. LEAF
Linear
Length 4” - 5”
Width 3” - 4”

10. MARGIN
Bluntly Serrated

11. VEINS
Pinnate

13. FLOWER
Inconspicuous

14. FRUIT
Black berry

15. EXPOSURE
Part shade

16. GROWTH
Slow

17. USE
House Plant
Interiorscaping

18. DESCRIPTION 7 - 10 leaflets mottled with white
cv. ‘Castor’ has 3 leaflets

19. DESCRIPTION
cv. ‘Banci’ has white variegated leaves; stem has white lenticels

21. CULTURAL PRACTICES 65° F night Air layer or stem cuttings
Good for interiorscaping

23. PROBLEMS
Mealy bugs
Spider mites

24. ZONES
Tropical

25. NATIVE OF:
New Hebrides (Pacific Islands)