The leaves are in two horizontal rows, along branchlets that commonly are less than eight years old, forming handsome plumes, pinnated like the fronds of ferns.
叶子水平两,沿着通常到八年生的小枝,形漂亮的羽毛,像蕨类植物的叶子一样呈羽状。
The branches are mostly whorled in fives, and stand out from the straight, red-purple bole in level, or in old trees in drooping collars, every branch regularly pinnated like fern-fronds, making broad plumes, singularly rich and sumptuous-looking.
枝条多呈五瓣轮生,从笔直的紫红色树干中挺拔而出,或在老树中呈下垂的叶领,每根枝条有规则羽状羽状羽状蕨叶,形宽大的羽毛,显得异常富丽堂皇。