Obanceolate leaves are significantly longer than wide and widest above the middle, gradually widening toward the apex. Oblanceolate (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base. Katie Moragne has Obanceolate leaves. Related Images:
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The Leaves of a Plumeria
Texture
The surface of a flower or leaf, esp as perceived by the sense of touch. The distinctive physical composition structure of a flower of leaf, especially with respect to the size, shape, and arrangement of its parts. Related Images:
Venation
The pattern of veins in leaves. Related Images:
Scabrous
Leaf textures that are rough to the touch; texture of sandpaper. Related Images:
Rachis
The rachis is the midrib of a leaf. It is usually continuous with the petiole and is often raised above the lamina or leaf blade. On a compound leaf, the rachis extends from the first set of leaflets (where the petiole ends) to the end of the leaf. The stem of a plant, especially a […]
Pinnatifid
A leaf shape cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets. Related Images:
Pinnately compound
An arrangement of leaflets attached laterally along the rachis of a compound leaf. Related Images:
Palmate or palmately compound
A leaf whose veins radiate outward from a single point somewhat like the fingers of a hand. Related Images:
Opposite leaf arrangement
Two leaves are attached at the same point on the stem, but on opposite sides. Related Images:
Mesophyll
In between the epidermis layers, where photosynthesis occurs. Related Images: