Leaf Margins and Venation

Type of leaf margin that is smooth and has no notches or teeth

• Crenate

• Entire

• Serrate

• Lobate

Leaf margin with rounded teeth

• Dentate

• Entire

• Sinuate

• Crenate

Several primary veins diverging from a point

• parallel

• dichotomous

• Palmate

• reticulate

Leaf margin with teeth pointing forward

• lobate

• serrate

• doubly serrate

• Entire

Type of venation where the secondary veins are paired oppositely

• pinnate

• reticulate

• palmate

• dichotomous

Leaf margin with wave-like indentations

• spiny

• dentate

• lobate

• sinuate

Leaf margin that is indented but not to the midline

• ciliate

• dentate

• lobate

• entire

leaf veins that branch symmetrically in pairs

• palmate

• dichotomous

• parallell

• reticulate

leaf veins arranged axially and do not intersect

• parallel

• dichotmous

• palmate

• pinnate

Leaf margin with fine hairs

• ciliate

• crenate

• palmate

• lobate