Leaves can be classified based on their shape, size, texture, edges, color, smell, vein pattern, and structure. Shapes include heart, oval, elliptic, round, and palm, while edges can be entire, jagged, lobed, or wavy. The document provides additional details on classifying leaves and links to websites with more information and illustrations.

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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