shape margin

Question 1

Long and very narrow like a blade of grass

Answer 1

Linear

Question 2

Having an elongated form with slightly parallel sides, roughly rectangular.

Answer 2

Oblong

Question 3

Long, wider in the middle, shaped like a lance tip.

Answer 3

Lanceolate

Question 4

Much longer than wide and with the widest portion near the tip, reversed lanceolate.

Answer 4

Oblanceolate

Question 5

Awl-shaped with a tapering point

Answer 5

Subulate

Question 6

Spoon-shaped; having a broad flat end which tapers to the base

Answer 6

Spathulate

Question 7

Oval, egg-shaped, with a tapering point and the widest portion near the petiole.

Answer 7

Ovate

Question 8

Teardrop-shaped, stem attaches to the tapering end; reversed ovate.

Answer 8

obovate

Question 9

Oval, with a short or no point.

Answer 9

Elliptical

Question 10

Diamond-shaped.

Answer 10

Rhomboid

Question 11

Shaped like Greek letter Delta, triangular, stem attaches to side

Answer 11

Deltoid

Question 12

Circular.

Answer 12

Orbicular

Question 13

Shaped like a kidney: an oval with an inward curve on one side.

Answer 13

Reniform

Question 14

Heart-shaped, with the petiole or stem attached to the notch.

Answer 14

Cordate

Question 15

Heart-shaped, stem attaches at the tapering end.

Answer 15

Obcordate

Question 16

Slender and pointed, needle-like

Answer 16

Acicular

Question 17

Sickle-shaped.

Answer 17

Falcate

Question 18

Shaped like a lyre, pinnately lobed leaf with an enlarged terminal lobe and smaller lateral lobes.

Answer 18

Lyrate

Question 19

Having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the midrib.

Answer 19

Pinnatifid

Question 20

Having lobes with incisions that extend almost, or up to midrib.

Answer 20

Pinnatisect

Question 21

Having lobes with incisions that extend almost up, but not quite to the petiole.

Answer 21

Palmatisect

Question 22

Palm-shaped, having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the petiole

Answer 22

Palmatifid

Question 23

Shaped like a sword, long and narrow with a sharp pointed tip.

Answer 23

Ensiform

Question 24

Triangular, wedge-shaped, stem attaches to point.

Answer 24

Cuneate

Question 25

With an odd number of leaflets, pinnate with a terminal leaflet (the opposite of paripinnate)

Answer 25

Imparipinnate

Question 26

Pinnate with an even number of leaflets, lacking a terminal leaflet (the opposite of imparipinnate)

Answer 26

paripinnate

Question 27

The leaflets are themselves pinnately-compound; twice pinnate

Answer 27

Bipinnate

Question 28

Pinnately compound in which each leaflet is itself bipinnate

Answer 28

Tripinnate

Question 29

With three leaflets

Answer 29

Trifoliolate

Question 30

Consisting of leaflets all radiating from one point

Answer 30

Palmate (degitate)

Question 31

Pointed, having a short sharp apex angled less than 90°.

Answer 31

Acute

Question 32

Tapering to a long point in a concave manner.

Answer 32

Acuminate

Question 33

Ending in a stiff, bristle-like point.

Answer 33

Aristate

Question 34

Ending abruptly in a small sharp point as a continuation of the midrib.

Answer 34

Mucronate

Question 35

With a sharp, elongated, rigid tip; tipped with a cusp.

Answer 35

Cuspidate

Question 36

Blunt, forming an angle > 90°.

Answer 36

Obtuse

Question 37

Slightly indented at the tip

Answer 37

Emarginate

Question 38

With a squared-off end

Answer 38

Truncate

Question 39

With a shallow notch in a round apex.

Answer 39

Retuse

Question 40

Arrowhead-shaped with the lower lobes folded, or curled downward

Answer 40

Sagittate

Question 41

Spear-shaped: Pointed, with barbs, shaped like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base.

Answer 41

Hastate

Question 42

With the leaf blade surrounding the stem such that the stem appears to pass through the leaf.

Answer 42

Perfoliate

Question 43

Having leaf tissue taper down the petiole to a narrow base, always having some leaf material on each side of the petiole.

Answer 43

Attenuate

Question 44

Asymmetrical leaf base, with one side lower than the other

Answer 44

Oblique

Question 45

Having ear-shaped appendages near the petiole.

Answer 45

Auriculate

Question 46

Even; with a smooth margin; without toothing

Answer 46

Entire

Question 47

Fringed with hairs

Answer 47

Ciliate

Question 48

Wavy-toothed; dentate with rounded teeth

Answer 48

crenate

Question 49

Finely crenate

Answer 49

Crenulate

Question 50

Toothed. May be coarsely dentate, having large teeth, or glandular dentate, having teeth which bear glands

Answer 50

Dentate

Question 51

Finely toothed

Answer 51

Denticulate

Question 52

Saw-toothed; with asymmetrical teeth pointing forward

Answer 52

serrate

Question 53

Finely serrate

Answer 53

Serrulate

Question 54

With deep, wave-like indentations; coarsely crenate

Answer 54

Sinuate

Question 55

Each tooth bearing smaller teeth

Answer 55

Biserrate

Question 56

With a wavy edge, shallower than sinuate

Answer 56

Undulate

Question 57

Leaf contains oils that make it smell, not necessarily pleasant

Answer 57

Aromatic

Question 58

same colour both sides ( indicates the leaf is isobilateral)

Answer 58

Concolorous

Question 59

Having a tough, leathery texture

Answer 59

Coriaceous

Question 60

small structure on the lower surface of a leaf in some woody dicotyledons, located in the axils of the primary veins and usually consisting of depressions partly enclosed by leaf tissue or hairs

Answer 60

Domatia

Question 61

one side of the leaf is a different colour to the other side. (indicates leaf is dorsiventral)

Answer 61

Discolorous

Question 62

Smooth, without hairs

Answer 62

Glabrous

Question 63

blue green to grey green

Answer 63

Glaucous

Question 64

covered by coarse and stiff hairs

Answer 64

Hirsute

Question 65

covered with stiff bristle like hairs

Answer 65

Hispid

Question 66

glossy, gleaming bright

Answer 66

Lustrous

Question 67

downy, having short, soft hairs

Answer 67

Pubesent

Question 68

of brownish-red colour, applied mainly to hairs and brstles

Answer 68

Rufous

Question 69

having a wrinkled surface

Answer 69

Rugose

Question 70

a surface roughened by minute protuberances

Answer 70

Scabrous

Question 71

hard leaves,usually with an abundance of sclerenchyma. eg. Eucalyptus spp.

Answer 71

Sclerophyllous

Question 72

covered with small, dry scales

Answer 72

Scurfy

Question 73

with short stiff hairs lying closely and in one direction

Answer 73

Strigose

Question 74

short dense hairs usually matted together to form a felt like surface

Answer 74

Tomentose

Question 75

leaves with more than one colour present

Answer 75

Variegated

Question 76

having long, soft hairs

Answer 76

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