Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Obovate shapes. Drawing by M. N. Sashital.

Description: An obovate shape has its widest point above the middle. The different kinds of obovate leaves are determined by the length to wide ratio as follows: obovate = length to width ratio from 1.5:1 to less than 2:1; widely obovate = length to width ratio from 1.2:1 to less than 1.5:1, very widely obovate = length to width ratio of 1:1 or less; narrowly obovate = length to width ratio of 2:1 to less than 3:1; and oblanceolate = length to width ratio of more than 3:1. Based on Hickey (1973). For more information about leaf morphology and leaf venation see Ellis et al. (2009).

Term:

Oblanceolate

Definition:

Referring to a leaf, bract, sepal, petal, or other structure in which the greatest width is distal to the midpoint and the length-to-width ratio is 3:1 to less than 6:1.