Exmedial

• Title

  Exmedial

• Definition

  Away from the leaf axis.

• Notes

  In neotropical Lecythidaceae, this term is usually applied to the position of a structure on a leaf (e.g., the branching of intersecondary veins is exmedial in Eschweilera baguensis.

• Related Terms

  Admedial

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