| Scientific Name: | Decaisnea insignis |
| Common Name: | dead man's fingers |
| Family Name: | Lardizabalaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Mixed shrub border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Orange, May |
| Fruit: | Follicle, Yellow, Blue, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves bright green, pinnately compound, 40-80cm long x 15-22cm wide with 13-25 leaflets that are ovate to elliptic, expanding 7-15cm long x 2-7cm wide at mid-blade; flowers 2-3 cm wide, bright green-yellow, in pendent panicles 30-45cm long; pods about 10cm long, usually dull metallic blue (also a yellow variety). Winter ID: twigs thick; leaf scars large and heart-shaped; buds appressed, ovoid, pointed. | |