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Also, moving from leaves to roots, e.g. of molecular signals in plants. bathyphyll A specialized leaf produced at the base of a plant, usually when the plant is immature, and which serves to anchor the plant to a substrate; especially notable in the fern Teratophyllum. Contrast acrophyll. beak
Coccoloba gigantifolia is a tree which grows to about 49 feet (15 meters) in height and has leaves that can reach 8 feet (2.4 meters) in length, and 4 ft 7 in (1.40 meters) in width, the third [citation needed] largest known leaf among dicotyledonous plants after Gunnera manicata and Victoria boliviana. [3]
Talinum fruticosum is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, West Africa, Central America, and much of South America.Common names include Ceylon spinach, [2] waterleaf, cariru, Gbure, Surinam purslane, Philippine spinach, Florida spinach, potherb fameflower, Lagos bologi, sweetheart, and Kutu bataw in Ghana from the Akan language [1] It is widely grown in ...
The leaves are large and ovoid, it is 15–25 cm (6– 9 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) long and 10–14 cm (4– 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) broad; it has a glossy and leathery dark green surface like paper. [8] They fall during the dry season; they turn pinkish-reddish or yellow-brown, due to pigments such as violaxanthin , lutein , and zeaxanthin .
Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants. Chicago, Illinois: Kew Publishing and The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-52292-0. Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2. Cullen, Katherine E. (2006).
The large leaves that feature in tropical plants require the soil to be humid at all times, so irrigation is essential for some gardens. Over-watering causes the roots to rot, killing plants. A tropical plant that is not cold-hardy should be brought indoors during the winter and returned to the garden for the summer.
Briggs returned to Mount Trusmadi in 1984, but found only one small group of plants. [4] Nepenthes × trusmadiensis has petiolate leaves measuring up to 50 cm in length. The pitchers of this hybrid are some of the largest of any Bornean Nepenthes species, [24] [25] reaching 35 cm in height. They are roughly intermediate in form between those of ...
Alocasia are tropical plants that are increasingly becoming popular as houseplants. [6] The hybrid A. × amazonica has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit . [ 7 ] They are typically grown as pot plants, but a better way is to grow the plants permanently in the controlled conditions of a greenhouse.