Leaf Morphology
Leaf structure, venation patterns, apex types, and morphological characteristics in plants
Questions
Which type of apex date palm leaves have?
- Tendriller
- Spinous
- Obtuse
- Cirrhose
Which type of buds are present on the axil of leaflets?
- Apical buds
- Axillary bud
- No bud
- Accessory bud
Which type of leaf apex appears to be sharply cut?
- Mucronate
- Truncate
- Emarginate
- Cuspidate
The leaf apex are Cirrhose, Obtuse and Caudate in _______, _______ and ________, respectively.
- Banyan, Banana, Peepal
- Banana, Peepal, Banyan
- Banana, Banyan, Peepal
- Peepal, Banyan, Banana
What is an apex with a notch known as?
- Caudate
- Mucronate
- Retuse
- Acute
Which of the following sentences is/are correct?
- Veins consist of xylem and phloem.
- Veins give mechanical strength to lamina.
- Vein is the connecting link of lamina with the branch or stem.
- Both (1) and (2)
What are the non-green leaves which contain reserve food and are present inside the seed called?
- Scale leaves
- Bract leaves
- Cotyledonary leaves
- Floral leaves
What kind of leaves are present in silk cotton?
- Palmate Bifoliate
- Palmate Trifoliate
- Palmate Multifoliate
- Palmate Quadrifoliate
Veinlets are palmate and divergent in
- castor
- plum
- bay leaf
- tejpat
What are the coloured leaves of Bougainvillea called?
- Sporophylls
- Prophyll
- Hypophyll
- Scale leaves
In which of the following plants a simple leaf is found?
- Acacia
- Moringa
- Papaya
- Murraya
A leaf was found to have pulvinus leaf base, scaly stipule, ovate lamina, entire margin and obtuse apex. What can the leaf be identified as?
- Mango leaf
- Peepal leaf
- Banyan leaf
- Smilax leaf
Parallel venation is seen in the leaves of
- Roses
- Calophyllum
- Dioscorea
- Mango
What is a Unipinnate leaf with even number of leaflets called?
- Imparipinnate
- Paripinnate
- Unipinnate compound
- Decompound
What kind of venation is seen in grass, rice and bamboo?
- Parallel Multicostate divergent
- Parallel Multicostate Convergent
- Reticulate Multicostate Convergent
- Reticulate Multicostate divergent