LEAVES

Question 1

TWO MAIN PARTS OF THE LEAVES

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BLADE AND PETIOLE

Question 2

BLADE is also known as

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LAMINA

Question 3

the BROAD PORTION of the leaf consisting of the apex, margin, vein, midrib, and base.

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BLADE / LAMINA

Question 4

a THIN STALK that attaches the leaf to a stem.

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PETIOLE

Question 5

consist of a SINGLE BLADE

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SIMPLE LEAVES

Question 6

have a blade that is
SEPARATED INTO TWO OR MORE parts on a COMMON PETIOLE

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COMPOUND LEAVES

Question 7

– leaflets are attached DIRECTLY to the end of the petiole

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PALMATELY COMPOUND

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– leaflets are ARRANGED ON THE SIDES of the main leaf stalk

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PINNATELY COMPOUND

Question 9

LEAF SHAPE:
NARROW AND LONG with approximately PARALLEL SIDES

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LINEAR

Question 10

LEAF SHAPE:
LONGER THAN BROAD with nearly parallel sides
and with a ROUNDED BASE AND APEX

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OBLONG

Question 11

LEAF SHAPE:
WIDEST below and TAPERS TOWARD BOTH ENDS

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LANCEOLATE

Question 12

LEAF SHAPE:
the REVERSE of lanceolate, BROADEST ABOVE middle and TAPERING DOWNWARD

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OBLANCEOLATE

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LEAF SHAPE:
WEDGE-SHAPED, BROAD AT THE TIP and tapering by nearly straight lines to an ACUTE ANGLE AT THE BASE

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CUNEATE

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LEAF SHAPE:
BROADLY ROUNDED ABOVE and LONG AND NARROW BELOW

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SPATULATE

Question 15

LEAF SHAPE:
BROADEST PART BELOW THE MIDDLE; more or less narrow, narrowed toward the tip; EGG-SHAPED

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OVATE

Question 16

LEF SHAPE:
the BROADER PART ABOVE THE MIDDLE; the REVERSE OF OVATE

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OBOVATE

Question 17

LEAF SHAPE:
BROADEST AT THE MIDDLE tapering more or less EQUALLY TO THE BASE AND APEX

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ELLIPTICAL

Question 18

LEAF SHAPE:
DIAMOND-SHAPED, with EQUAL SIDES but
UNEQUAL ANGLES

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RHOMBOID

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LEAF SHAPE:
TRIANGULAR

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DELTOID

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LEAF SHAPE:
more or less CIRCULAR IN OUTLINE; FLAT

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ORBICULAR

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LEAF SHAPE:
KIDNEY SHAPED

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RENIFORM

Question 22

LEAF SHAPE:
HEART SHAPE

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CORDATE

Question 23

LEAF MARGIN:
EVEN LINE, WITHOUT TEETH, notches, or lobes

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ENTIRE

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LEAF MARGIN:
cut into SHARP, SAW-LIKE TEETH POINTING FORWARD

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SERRATE

Question 25

LEAF MARGIN: margin of the leaf forms a WAVY LINE, BENDING SLIGHTLY INWARD and outward in succession

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UNDULATE

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LEAF MARGIN: like undulate, the margin is VERY WAVY (sinuous)

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SINUATE

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LEAF MARGIN: teeth are SHORT AND ROUNDED; also called SCALLOPED

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CRENATE

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CRENATE margin is also called as

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SCALLOPED

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LEAF MARGIN: VERY FINELY NOTCHED with ROUNDED PROJECTIONS

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CRENULATE

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LEAF MARGIN: TEETH POINT OUTWARD

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DENTATE

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LEAF MARGIN: leaf having a FINELY TOOTHED MARGIN

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DENTICULATE

Question 32

LEAF MARGIN: COARSELY CRENATE, the teeth margins again crenated

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DOUBLY CRENATE

Question 33

LEAF MARGINS: COARSELY SERRATE, the teeth margins again serrated

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DOUBLY SERRATE

Question 34

LEAF MARGIN: COARSELY DENTATE, the teeth margins again dentated

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DOUBLY DENTATE

Question 35

LEAF MARGIN: INCISIONS DO NOT EXTEND DEEPER than halfway between the MARGIN AND THE CENTER OF THE BLADE are ROUNDED

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LOBED

Question 36

LEAF BASES: WEDGE-SHAPED, TAPERING evenly to a NARROW POINT

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CUNEATE

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LEAF BASES: HEART SHAPED

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CORDATE

Question 38

LEAF BASES: SLANTING, UNEQUAL-SIDED

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OBLIQUE

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LEAF BASES: PROLONGED APEX tapering to a long, narrow point

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ACUMINATE

Question 40

LEAF BASES: forming an ACUTE ANGLE of LESS THAN 90 degrees

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ACUTE

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LEAF BASES: BLUNT; the sides forming an ANGLE OF MORE THAN 90 DEGRESS

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OBTUSE

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LEAF BASES: forming an ARC

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ROUNDED

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LEAF BASES: ABRUPTLY CUT OFF transversely at the base

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TRUNCATE

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LEAF BASES: ARROW-SHAOED, the AURCILES turned INWARDS

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SAGITTATE

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LEAF BASES: HALBERD-SHAPED; lobes at base POINTED AND NARROW and nearly at RIGHT ANGLES to the petiole

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HASTATE

Question 46

LEAF BASES: SMALL PAIR OF PROJECTIONS, or EARS, usually at the base

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AURICULATE

Question 47

LEAF APEX: ABRUPTLY TIPPED with a small, SHORT POINT; like a MERE PROJECTION OF THE MIDRIB

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MUCRONATE

Question 48

LEAF APEX: tipped with an ELONGATED SHARP OR RIGID POINT

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CUSPIDATE

Question 49

LEAF APEX: with a ROUNDED SINUS at the tip

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RETUSE

Question 50

LEAF APEX: INDENTED or NOTCHED

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EMARGINATE

Question 51

LEAF APEX: a SQUARE END that looks cut off

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TRUNCATE

Question 52

LEAF APEX: - prolonged into a NARROWED OR TAPERING POINT

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ACUMINATE

Question 53

LEAF APEX: ending in an ACUTE ANGLE, but NOT A PROLONGED POINT

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ACUTE

Question 54

LEAF APEX: BLUNT or ROUNDED APEX

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OBTUSE

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LEAF APEX: BROAD and SEMI-CIRCULAR in outline

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ROUNDED

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LEAF VENATION: characteristic of the MONOCOTYLEDONS.

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PARALLEL OR CLOSED

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Veins running nearly parallel to each other from base to apex and are connected by transverse veinlets

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PARALLEL OR CLOSED

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LEAF VENATION: characteristic of the DICOTYLEDONS.

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NETTED OR OPEN

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Veins ANASTOMOSING some of which are RUNNING OUT and END BLINDLY in the leaf tissue.

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NETTED OR OPEN

Question 60

When THREE OR MORE SECONDARY VEINS branch radially from the base of the leaf.

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PALMATELY VEINED

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When the secondary veins BRANCH OFF AT INTERVALS from a prominent midrib

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PINNATELY VEINED

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When the secondary veins CURVE AND RUN ALMOST PARALLEL to the leaf margin for some distance

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ARCUATE TYPE

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ARRANGEMENT OF LEAVES: only ONE LEAF PER NODE, it is placed alternate on each side of the stem in a FLAT PLANE

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ALTERNATE

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ARRANGEMENT OF LEAVES: TWO LEAVES ARISE AT THE SAME POINT, with the leaves connecting opposite each other along the branch

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OPPOSITE

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ARRANGEMENT OF LEAVES: one leaf per node, but it is arranged in a spiral along the stem

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SPIRAL

Question 66

ARRANGEMENT OF LEAVES: THREE OR MORE LEAVES connected at a node

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WHORLED