Trevesia palmata

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|genus = Trevesia

|species = palmata

|authority = (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Vis. 1842

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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,{{cite web|url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2201545|title=Tropicos | Name - Trevesia palmata (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. ex Hook. f.|website=tropicos.org|accessdate=2017-08-03}} India and southern China Common name: Snowflake tree {{cite web|title=Snowflake Tree |url=https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Snowflake%20Tree.html#:~:text=Snowflake%20Tree%20is%20an%20unbranched,at%20the%20ends%20of%20branches |access-date=March 4, 2025}} 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.{{cite book | last= Hogan | first= Sean | date= 2004 |title= Flora - The Gardener's Bible | location= Willoughby, New South Wales | publisher= Global Book Pub. Pty. Ltd. | page= 1427 with photo |isbn= 1-74048-097-X }}{{cite book |last1= Turner | first1= R.J. Jr. | last2= Wasson | first2=Ernie | date= 1999 | title= Botanica | location= not given | publisher= Barnes and Noble | page= 895 | ISBN= 0760716420 }}