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The pinnately-compound leaves are opposite (rarely sub-opposite) with narrowly
winged leafstalks. Each leaf has 5 to 9 (usually 7) short-stalked, elliptic
to lance-shaped leaflets. The margins are conspicuously toothed above the
middle, and the leaf surface is dark, glossy green above and light green
and either glaucous or finely hairy underneath. In the fall, the leaflets
turn yellowish-brown and tend to fall one at a time.
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