Leaves are tripinnate with spines along the rachis. Fronds are bi- or tripinnate and approximately 1 m long. The leaves are bipinnate or tripinnate. Fronds are tripinnate and about 1.5 m long or more. The fronds were often bipinnate and sometimes tripinnate. Fronds are tripinnate (rarely bipinnate) and may reach 3 m in length. The plants grow to , with tripinnate leaves that may be curly. The long and narrow leaves are bipinnate or tripinnate. The tripinnate leaves are long and have a triangular form. The deciduous, tripinnate foliage has an opposite arrangement. The leaves ("Lepidopteris") are bipinnate to tripinnate with small pinnules on the rachis. The leaves are tripinnate, ovate, reverse ovate, rhombus-shaped or widely ovate. It has narrower, more lanceolate leaves than garden parsley, only single pinnate, not tripinnate. The bipinnate or tripinnate leaves have a fleshy midrib which widens at the base. Fronds are tripinnate, dark green in colour, and up to 4 m in length.