Leaves alternate, compound, digitate, caducous; leaflets 5-7 with long common petiole.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
The sponge is either devoid of branches or produces irregular, compressed, and often digitate processes, sometimes of considerable length and delicacy.
"Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa"
Nelson Annandale