Keywords |
  • Botany,
  • Sustainable development,
  • Botany

Phyllodes

A phyllode is a transformed petiole. The phyllode generally has the appearance and functions of a leaf with its limb having most often disappeared.

Phyllode of a Hawaiian Acacia koa. The structure of a petiole, as opposed to a leaf, can be identified by the placement of the veins which is parallel. © Forest & Kim Starr CC by 3.0 Phyllode of a Hawaiian Acacia koa. The structure of a petiole, as opposed to a leaf, can be identified by the placement of the veins which is parallel. © Forest & Kim Starr CC by 3.0


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