Polyscias fulva (Hiern) Harms

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Polyscias fulva (Hiern) Harms
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Polyscias fulva
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: (Hiern) Harms
Common names: Names in other languages (23)
aroy, ichungo, lipongi, lunga, lungo, lungu, luungo, malunda, mongo, muhunga, munga, mupafu, mupatshi, mwungo, ndongi, ra, royi, tchongo, tchungo, umungu, umwungo, umwungu, umwuunzo
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Apiales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Araliaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Polyscias
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: fulva
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-13 11:13.

Photo of Polyscias fulva (Hiern) Harms — Photo: Jean Jacques Godon · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-13 11:13.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 5 of 5 is eaten by × is dispersed by × is a host of × has as a vector × interacts with ×

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is eaten by 110 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Sturnidae	is eaten by	3	not compared
3 sources · 6 records Menke 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Record contexts (sample): Kenya · no date published; Kenya · no date published M_SD_034 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Kenya · no date published Dowsett-Lemaire 1988 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Malawi · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Pycnonotidae	is eaten by	3	not compared
3 sources · 6 records Menke 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Record contexts (sample): Kenya · no date published; Kenya · no date published M_SD_034 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Kenya · no date published Dowsett-Lemaire 1988 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Malawi · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Sylviidae	is eaten by	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records M_SD_034 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Kenya · no date published Dowsett-Lemaire 1988 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Malawi · no date published Menke 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Kenya · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis Cercopithecidae	is eaten by	3	not compared
3 sources · 6 records Menke 2012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Record contexts (sample): Kenya · no date published; Kenya · no date published M_SD_034 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Kenya · no date published Dowsett-Lemaire 1988 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Malawi · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is dispersed by 15 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta Lybiidae	is dispersed by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Matthias Schleuning, Nico Blüthgen, Martina Flörchinger, Julius Braun, H. Martin Schaefer, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, (2011). Specialization and interaction strength in a tropical plant-frugivore network differ among forest strata. Ecology, 92(1): 26-36. Published in globalbioticinteractions/web-of-life Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis Cercopithecidae	is dispersed by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Matthias Schleuning, Nico Blüthgen, Martina Flörchinger, Julius Braun, H. Martin Schaefer, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, (2011). Specialization and interaction strength in a tropical plant-frugivore network differ among forest strata. Ecology, 92(1): 26-36. Published in globalbioticinteractions/web-of-life Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Phylloscopidae	is dispersed by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Matthias Schleuning, Nico Blüthgen, Martina Flörchinger, Julius Braun, H. Martin Schaefer, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, (2011). Specialization and interaction strength in a tropical plant-frugivore network differ among forest strata. Ecology, 92(1): 26-36. Published in globalbioticinteractions/web-of-life Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris Pycnonotidae	is dispersed by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Matthias Schleuning, Nico Blüthgen, Martina Flörchinger, Julius Braun, H. Martin Schaefer, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, (2011). Specialization and interaction strength in a tropical plant-frugivore network differ among forest strata. Ecology, 92(1): 26-36. Published in globalbioticinteractions/web-of-life Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is a host of 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Cercosporella polysciadis	is a host of	8	no location
8 sources · 9 records Braun, U.. 1995. A Monograph of %Cercosporella%, %Ramularia% and Allied Genera (Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes), Vol. 1. IHW-Verlag :333 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Record contexts (sample): Uganda · no date published; Tanzania · no date published https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1324557 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Entebbe Road · Nov. 1, 1943 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1324558 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Entebbe Road · Nov. 1, 1943 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1324559 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Kazi, Kampala · July 1, 1942 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1324560 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Entebbe Road · May 1, 1944 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1324561 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Entebbe Road · May 1, 1944 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1324562 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Kazi, Kampala · Nov. 1, 1940 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1324563 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Kazi, Kampala · Nov. 1, 1940 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Meliola polysciadis Meliolaceae	is a host of	3	no location
3 sources · 3 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1653857 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Kisubi, Entebbe · Oct. 1, 1944 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1653858 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Kisubi, Entebbe · Oct. 1, 1944 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1653859 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Kisubi, Entebbe · Oct. 1, 1944 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Lachnum trichophilum Lachnaceae	is a host of	1	no location
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1588819 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Entebbe Road · Nov. 1, 1940 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Nudaurelia anthina Saturniidae	is a host of	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-… Published in globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS Context: Afrotropical · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a vector 4 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri Sturnidae	has as a vector	1	no location
1 source · 1 record F. Dowsett-Lemaire, 1983. Studies of a breeding population of Waller�s Redwinged Starlings in montane forests of south-central Africa. Ostrich, 54(, pp.105-112. Published in globalbioticinteractions/AfricaTreeDatabase Context: no place published · no date published · direct observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
birds Aves	has as a vector	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at class level.
1 source · 1 record 70 Published in pedroj/FRUBASE Context: Australasia · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Guereza Colobus guereza Cercopithecidae	has as a vector	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Fashing, P.J., 2001. Feeding ecology of guerezas in the Kakamega Forest; Kenya the importance of Moraceae fruit in their diet. International Journal of Primatology, 22(4), pp.579-609. Published in globalbioticinteractions/AfricaTreeDatabase Context: no place published · no date published · direct observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Tantalus Monkey Chlorocebus tantalus Cercopithecidae	has as a vector	1	no location
1 source · 2 records Agmen, F.L. and Chapman, H.M. and Bawuro, M., 2010. Seed dispersal by tantalus monkeys Chlorocebus tantalus tantalus in a Nigerian montane forest. African Journal of Ecology, 48(4), pp.1123-1128. Published in globalbioticinteractions/AfricaTreeDatabase Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published · feces; no place published · no date published · direct observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Cloudy-winged Stingless Bee Apotrigona nebulata Apidae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 2 records Michener, C.D. 2007. The Bees of the World. Second Edition. 953 pp. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London Published in globalbioticinteractions/Catalogue-of-Afrotropical-Bees Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published; no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Sylviidae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Matthias Schleuning, Nico Blüthgen, Martina Flörchinger, Julius Braun, H. Martin Schaefer, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, (2011). Specialization and interaction strength in a tropical plant-frugivore network differ among forest strata. Ecology, 92(1): 26-36. Published in millerse/PLANT-SEED-DISPERSER-WEBS Context: Kakamega Forest · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.