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ID
19933
Leaf Attachment
Petiolate and basifixed
Leaf Arrangement
Alternate
Leaf Petiole
0.1–1 cm long, greenish or reddish, sparsely hairy
Stipules
caducous, 6–9 × 3–5 mm, ovate to elliptic, acuminate, apex narrowed into bristle up to 2 mm long, greenish, glabrous
Petiole Angle of Attachment
Symmetry
Asymmetric
Leaf Shape
Obovate
Leaf Size
7–15 × 3.3–10 cm
Leaf or Lobe Apices
Acute
Leaf Base
asymmetrically cuneate, convex or cordate (lobes not overlapping)
Leaf Margin
coarsely dentate to serrate and sometimes shallowly lobed in the distal lamina half, the teeth not bristle-pointed
Leaf Texture
Leaf Surface
Glabrous, green with red to green veins, sometimes variegated with white dots between the veins
Leaf Hairs
Glabrous, or sometimes sparsely bristly between and on the veins
Leaf Colour
green with red to green veins, sometimes variegated with white dots between the vein
Leaf Venation
Pinnate, with 3–5 secondary veins on each
side, these craspedodromus
Leaf Reverse
pale green and with red veins, sparsely hairy on the veins