Snowflake tree

Trevesia palmata is a small tree up to 6 m (20 ft) height. It is in the family Araliaceae, and is native to Southeast Asia, from India to southern China. The common name is snowflake tree The leaves can be very unusual, sometimes with 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.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Snowflake tree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Fatsia polycarpa
• Oreopanax peltatus
• Osmoxylon pectinatum
• Didymopanax morototoni
• Vasconcellea cauliflora
• Oreopanax geminatus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Araliaceae

Genus

Trevesia

Species

Trevesia palmata

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