Types of Leaves
There are two broad categories of leaves.
A. Simple Leaf
B. Compound Leaf
A. simple leaf - When the leaf blade is not intact or cut but is completely spread the cut does not reach the mid rib. that is called Simple leaf. Ex - Pipal, Mango, Guava, etc
B. Compound Leaf - When the cut in the leaf blade reach the midrib as a result of which many leaflets are formed that is called compound leaf .
There are mainly two types of compound leaf
i - Cuspate/Pinnately compound leaf - In this type of leaf many leaflets are located on a mid rib.
Cuspate compound leaf divided on based
I - Pairing of leaf lets - a) Paripinnate
b) Imparipinnate
II - Number of Pinnation - a) Unipennate
b) Bipinnate
c) - Tripinnate
ii - Hand shaped/Palmately compound leaf - In this type of leaf many leaflets are attached to a single point. as type of the petioles
Palmately compound leaf type
a) - Unifoliate - one leaflet
b) - Bifoliate - Two leaflets
c) - Trifoliate - Three leaflets
d) - Quadrifoliate - four leaflets
e) - Multifoliate - More than four leaflets
