Give differences : Simple leaf and Compound leaf.
Simple leaf | Compound leaf |
$(1)$ It has only one leaf lamina. | $(1)$ When incisions of lamina reach to the midrib breaking it into number of leaflets is called compound. |
$(2)$ It has axillary bud. | $(2)$ It has no axillary buds. |
$(3)$ In Lamina incision is done from the corners but this incision does not reach till midrib or tip of petiole. | $(3)$ In laminas incision is till midrib or till tip of petiod. |
$(4)$ Though lamina is incisioned, it is entire. | $(4)$ It is in the form of monopalmetly
bipalmetly and multipalmetly compound leaf. |
If the ......$X$.... of the lamina reach up to the ... $Y$...breaking it into a number of ......$Z$...... the leaf is called compound leaf.
Pulvinus means....
On the margins of leaves of a plant called Bryophyllum tiny plants grow complete with roots. These tiny plants fall of and continue to grow. This is a form of
Reticulate venation is found in dicot leaves while in monocot leaves venation is of parallel type. Biology being a ‘Science of exceptions’, find out any exception to this generalisation.
In Lathyrus aphaca, the leaves are modified into