Pseudopanax laetus

Five finger pseudopanax is a small deciduous tree in the ivy or Araliaceae family native to New Zealand. It grows to 5 m tall.

• Leaves are palmately compound (with 5 “fingers” (occasionally 7)), leaflets 12–25 cm long and 5–10 cm across, entire, obovate-oblong to oblong-cuneate, serrated margins, with a primary vein and 6-11 secondary vein pairs, not prominently conspicuous; leaf base is acute to broadly cuneate, occasionally rounded, margin sparsely serrate, apex acuminate; petiole is reddish colour, is 3–6 cm long.
• Flowers are usually unisexual; inflorescences are compound umbels with 8-20 primary branchlets up to 10 cm long, 15–20 secondary rays, umbellules each with 10–15 flowers; calyx is truncate or obscurely 5-toothed; flowers are 5mm in diameter, 5 white to pink flushed, ovate to triangular petals, sweet-scented; males have 5 stamens.
• Fruit is fleshy, originally red, laterally compressed, 5–8 mm in diameter, on style branches on an apical disc; seeds are 2 per fruit, wrinkled, 3–6 mm long, turning dark purple, then black when mature.
• The bark has yellow grooves running down the stem.