Trevesia palmata

Trevesia palmata
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Trevesia
Species:
T. palmata
Binomial name
Trevesia palmata
(Roxb. ex Lindl.) Vis. 1842

Trevesia palmata is a flowering plant in the Gensing, or Ivy Family (Araliaceae) that is found in southeast Asia[1], India and southern China Common name: Snowflake tree [2] The leaf is 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, but the rearmost pair may be lobes of the central leaflet.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Tropicos | Name - Trevesia palmata (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. ex Hook. f." tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  2. ^ https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Snowflake%20Tree.html#:~:text=Snowflake%20Tree%20is%20an%20unbranched,at%20the%20ends%20of%20branches. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Hogan, Sean (2004). Flora - The Gardener's Bible. Willoughby, New South Wales: Global Book Pub. Pty. Ltd. p. 1427 with photo. ISBN 1-74048-097-X.


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