Filicium decipiens

{{short description|Species of plant in the family Sapindaceae}}

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| image = Filicium decipiens - Fern Tree at Theni (2).jpg

| image_caption = Inflorescence

| genus = Filicium

| species = decipiens

| authority = (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites

| synonyms =

• Filicium decipiens f. apterum Capuron
• Filicium elongatum Radlk. ex Taub.
• Jurighas decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze
• Pteridophyllum decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
• Rhus decipiens Wight & Arn.

| synonyms_ref ={{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2812910 |title=Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites |last= |first= |date= |website=The Plant List |publisher= |access-date=16 June 2020}}

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Filicium decipiens, called the ferntree, fern tree or fern leaf tree, is a species of Filicium found in east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. It is planted as an ornamental tree in the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Hawaii, and elsewhere.{{cite book |last1=Wiersema |first1= JH |last2=León |first2=B |date=7 January 2013|title=World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition |page=306 |isbn=9781439821428 }}

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