Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Some leaf features of witch hazel. Photo by S. A. Mori.

Description: Craspedodromous leaf venation, asymmetric base, and crenate margins of leaves of Hamamelis virginiana from Mountain Lakes Park, Westchester County, New York.

Term:

Leaf base asymmetric

Definition:

Referring to a leaf base in which the two sides do not attach to the petiole at the same place, one is attached than the other.