Is this tree: Schefflera actinophylla?

Hi !

I want to verify whether the tree in picture at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/357180117/ belongs to Schefflera actinophylla (syn. Brassaia actinophylla)

Thank you very much.

 

Looks like it. Outdoors the leaves are different than when grown under cover. Also produces large, antenna-like infl. causing it to be called octopus tree in Honolulu.

 

I think it may possibly be S. pueckleri (syn. Tupidanthus calyptratus), actually a native of India. It has a wider branching habit and more woody, crooked trunk than S. actinophylla and its flower structure is quite bizarre -- giving rise to common name Mallet Flower.

 

Could be. The other is not as limp and ruffled.

 

Thank you very much, Tony and Ron.
The tree in my picture is "too" ornamental - and that is a poser.

 

See this link: http://www.edmonton.ca/ArtCultAttr/Schefflera.pdf

 

here you can see the difference between Tupidanthus and Shefflera *http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=1572

 

Yes. The difference is elaborated. Thank you very much, 4moreaction.
For the sake of ascertaining whether the tree is native Schefflera pueckleri (syn. Tupidanthus calyptratus), or "imported" S. actinophylla, I will wait until it shows blooms !!

Thank you, 4moreaction, once again.