Look at the different ways leaves can be classified

1. Classification of leaves

2. By edges
http://cite.nwmissouri.edu/nworc/files/agriculture/leafid_margin/leafid_margin_print.html
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/IDBasics/margins.htm
• Entire
• Jagged

3. By shape
http://cite.nwmissouri.edu/nworc/files/agriculture/leafid_shape/leafid_shape_print.html
http://theseedsite.co.uk/leafshapes.html
Elliptic Heart-shaped Oval-shaped

4. Different leaves have many different features.
Leaves can be categorised based on:
• Shape: heart, oval, elliptic, round, palm
• Size: large to small, wide to narrow, long to short
• Texture: rough to smooth, thick to thin
• Edge: entire, jagged, lobed, wavy
• Colour: red, green, yellow, purple, variegated
• Smell: fragrant and pleasant (basil, bay, celery, curry, mint, pandan,
parsley), unpleasant, no smell
• Vein pattern: net vein pattern, parallel vein pattern
• Leaf structure: single leaves or compound leaves

5. For more information about classifying leaves, you can visit the
following websites:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Leaf_
morphology.svg
http://apsdev.org/library/drawings/leaf_shapes_margins_tips.j
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