Cyphia digitata leaves

The Cyphia digitata leaves in picture present the dominant central lobe, long and narrow, continuing from the petiole. Two or three smaller, deeply incised, lateral lobes (usually) emerge on either side of the leaf-base.

The specific name, digitata, is derived from the Latin words digitus meaning finger and -atus indicating possession or likeness, referring to the common leaf form that appears fingered.

The narrow blade halves fold in along the midrib, also on the lateral lobes. The midrib is prominent on the lower surface. Marginal toothing is variable, rounded and sometimes sporadically lobe-like. The blades are pale green, sometimes tinted maroon to red-purple and faintly hairy (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; Manning, 2007; Andrew, 2017; iNaturalist).