schefflera

[shef-ler-uh, shef-leer-uh]

noun

any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
a similar, related plant, Brassaia actinophylla.

Origin of schefflera

< New Latin (1776), after J. C. Scheffler, 18th century German botanist; see -a²