The plant leaf is a dissimilar green, exogenous lateral flattened outgrowth that is borne at the node of a stem or its branch and specialized to conduct photosynthesis.
It is usually a thin expanded green structure that carries a bud in its axil. Its green color is because of chlorophyll. Leaves occur in an acropetal manner. They arise as lateral outgrowth from the shoot apical meristem. They are vegetative organs that are specialized for photosynthesis. All the green leaves of a plant are collectively referred to as foliage.
Features of Plant Leaf
- It is a flattened outgrowth of the stem.
- The leaf is exogenous in…
