Polyscias kikuyuensis

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|status = NT

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Luke, W.R.Q. |author2=Musili, P. |author3=Barasa, J. |author4=Mathenge, J. |date=2018 |title=Polyscias kikuyuensis |volume=2018 |page=e.T32243A117645480 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T32243A117645480.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

|genus = Polyscias

|species = kikuyuensis

|authority = Summerh.

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Polyscias kikuyuensis, also called the parasol tree and mutati, is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is endemic to Kenya, where its wood is used to make boxes and similar items. The species is confined to wet upland forest,{{cite web |url=http://bayscience.org/Plants/P/Polyscias_kikuyuensis/ |title=Archived copy |website=bayscience.org |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725043123/http://bayscience.org/Plants/P/Polyscias_kikuyuensis/ |archive-date=25 July 2011 |url-status=dead}} and is threatened by habitat loss. Including the forests of Cherangani hills, Kenya.{{cite journal |last1=Mbuni |first1=Yuvenalis Morara |last2=Zhou |first2=Yadong |last3=Wang |first3=Shengwei |last4=Ngumbau |first4=Veronicah Mutele |last5=Musili |first5=Paul Mutuku |last6=Mutie |first6=Fredrick Munyao |last7=Njoroge |first7=Brian |last8=Kirika |first8=Paul Muigai |last9=Mwachala |first9=Geoffrey |last10=Vivian |first10=Kathambi |last11=Rono |first11=Peninah Cheptoo |last12=Hu |first12=Guangwan |last13=Wang |first13=Qingfeng |title=An annotated checklist of vascular plants of Cherangani hills, Western Kenya |journal=PhytoKeys |date=18 April 2019 |issue=120 |pages=1–90|doi=10.3897/phytokeys.120.30274 |pmid=31065231 |pmc=6483958 |doi-access=free }}