| Trevesia palmata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Genus: | Trevesia |
| Species: | T. palmata |
| Binomial name | |
| Trevesia palmata | |
Trevesia palmata is a mesocaul tree up to twenty feet (six meters) in height. It is in the Gensing, or Ivy Family (Araliaceae) that is found in Southeast Asia, [1] India and southern China Common name: Snowflake tree [2] The leaves are very unusual: There is a central leaflet to which as many as nine peripheral leaflets are attached. These leaflets may be lobed to various degrees, each attached to the central leaflet by a petiolule. [3] [4]
