Primary venation is pinnate (rarely palmate). They are palmate or deeply palmately lobed with five to seven segments. The leaf blade is regular, round to linear, and the venation is palmate or pinnate. Leaves are usually compound, bifoliate, trifoliate, pinnate, or palmate, or rarely simple. It has shiny green palmate leaves with lanceolate leaflets and smooth green bark. The leaves are alternate with long petioles, five palmate lobes and no stipules. Some fronds are not pinnately compound (or simple), but may be palmate, costapalmate, or bifurcate. The compound basal leaves are palmate or ternate (divided into three lobes). They are typically long and wide with 3-5 palmate lobes with a serrated margin. The large palmate leaves have occasional cream flecks along the veins. It has a sturdy, columnar trunk and waxy, fan-shaped (palmate) leaves. The maples have easily recognizable palmate leaves and distinctive winged fruits. It has an underground rhizome which produces shoots with palmate, sclerophyllous leaves. Some species have palmate or deeply dissected leaves. Its leaves are large, tough, hairy and palmate, with three leaflets each.