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Having a narrow, tail-like appendage or tip, e.g. a drip tip. Contrast acuminate, cuspidate, and mucronate. caudex. pl. caudices. The stem of a plant, especially a woody one; also used to mean a rootstock, or particularly a basal stem structure or storage organ from which new growth arises. Compare lignotuber. caudiciform
The leaves are cordate in shape with a distinctive extended drip tip; they are 10–17 centimetres (3.9–6.7 in) long and 8–12 centimetres (3.1–4.7 in) broad, with a 6–10 centimetres (2.4–3.9 in) petiole. The fruits are small figs 1–1.5 centimetres (0.39–0.59 in) in diameter, green ripening to purple. [citation needed]
The thick, leathery leaves are dark green, lauroid type. Laurophyll or lauroid leaves are characterized by a generous layer of wax, making them glossy in appearance, and narrow, pointed oval in shape with an 'apical mucro', or 'drip tip', which permits the leaves to shed water despite the humidity, allowing respiration from plant.
[4] [5] The elliptic leaves are glossy above and sparsely hairy below, and usually measure from 24 to 28 cm long and from 6 to 7.5 cm wide. [4] [5] They have a well defined acuminate tip (commonly called a "drip tip"), and the base is attenuate (tapering). [4] [5] There are 7 or 8 (occasionally 9) secondary veins either side of the midrib.
The leaves are alternate, entire, elliptical or narrowly elliptical glossy in appearance, pointed oval in shape with an apical mucro, or 'drip tip', which permit the leaves to shed water despite the humidity, allowing perspiration and respiration from plant in wet laurel forest habitat. The fruit is a berry dispersed mostly by birds.
This is a small tree to 10 m (33 ft) tall and a trunk up to 10 cm (3.9 in) diameter. The leaves are elliptic to ovate with an extended drip tip.They are arranged in opposite pairs on the twigs and measure up to 8.5 cm (3.3 in) long by 3.4 cm (1.3 in) wide.
The exstipulate leaves are simple and alternate, dark green and glabrous (hairless) on the upper surface, much paler and glabrescent (almost glabrous) underneath, with 6 to 14 pairs of lateral or secondary veins. They are elliptic to ovate in shape, often with an acuminate tip (commonly called a "drip tip"). They are variable in size, from 2 ...
The leaves are arranged oppositely on the stem, and are entire, ovate to lanceolate with a prominent drip tip. The leaf margins are rolled over as in the purple cherry and contrasting to the flat margins with the python tree and scrub ironwood. Leaves are dark green on both sides, though somewhat less glossy under the leaf.