Dendropanax

Dendropanax (from dendron, a tree, and Panax; Tree Panax). Very handsome and effective stove foliage plants. There are about twenty species, natives of tropical Asia and America, as well as China and Japan; but D. argenteus is the only one in general cultivation. For culture, see Panax.

Species
D. argenteus (silvery-leaved). leaves alternate, oblong, entire, about 1ft. in length, tapering at the base, pointed or rounded at the apex; upper surface silvery- white; veins greenish; lower surface purplish; leafstalks long, stout. Stem somewhat fleshy, spotted. Brazil, 1878.