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Characteristics of leaf

Leaves are green, thin flattened lateral outgrowths of the stem.


Leaves are green, thin flattened lateral outgrowths of the stem. Leaves are the primary photosynthetic organs and the main site of transpiration. All the leaves of a plant together are referred to as phyllome.

 

Characteristics of leaf

 

1          Leaf is a lateral appendage of the stem.

 

2          It is borne at the node of the stem.

 

3          It is exogenous in origin.

 

4          It has limited growth.

 

5          It does not posses apical bud.

 

6          It has three main parts namely, leaf base, petiole and lamina.

 

7          Lamina of the leaf is traversed by vascular strands, called veins.

 

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