These are both common trees in the understorey layer. Though similar in appearance, they can be distinguished by their leaf texture and their leaf margins. Although the names imply seven or five leaflets respectively, this number can vary. The texture of five-finger leaves is thicker and leathery with a glossy appearance and well-defined teeth atContinue reading “Know the native flora in Tawa reserves – Whauwhaupaku, five finger, Pseudopanax arboreus & Patē, seven finger, Schefflera digitata – (from Gil Roper’s writings)”
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