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The lanceolate leaves are glossy, simple and alternate and may reach 4 to 12 inches (10–30 cm) long and from 1 to 4 inches (2–10 cm) wide. The leaves have large teeth along the edges (hence the name, sawtooth) to occasionally nearly entire and the tips are pointed. [6]
Eryngium foetidum is a tropical perennial herb in the family Apiaceae.Common names include culantro (Panama) (/ k uː ˈ l ɑː n t r oʊ / or / k uː ˈ l æ n t r oʊ /), cimarrón, recao (Puerto Rico), chardon béni (France), Mexican coriander, samat, bandhaniya, long coriander, Burmese coriander, sawtooth coriander, Shadow Beni (Caribbean), and ngò gai (Vietnam).
Quercus acutissima, the sawtooth oak, is an Asian species of oak native to China, Tibet, Korea, Japan, Indochina (Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia) and the Himalayas (Nepal, Bhutan, northeastern India). [3] It is widely planted in many lands and has become naturalized in parts of North America. [4]
The leaves are alternate and palmately compound. First-year plants have palmate leaves with 5 leaflets while second-year plants have palmate leaves with 3 leaflets. Second-year plants develop racemes of flowers each containing 5–20 flowers. [4] The flowers are typically 5-merous with large, white petals and light green sepals, borne in mid ...
Chart illustrating leaf morphology terms. The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular or irregular, and ...
The leaves have sawtooth-like edges, and are rigid and leathery, growing 1.5–5 cm (0.59–1.97 in) long. It is similar to Hazardia rosarica and Hazardia squarrosa, a shrubby congener with toothed leaves, with Hazardia berberidis being distinguished by its ray flowers and erect, non-squarrose involucral bracts. [6] [7]
Hazardia squarrosa is a North American species of shrub in the family Asteraceae known by the common name sawtooth goldenbush. [5] It is native to California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. [6] [7] Hazardia squarrosa grows in coastal and inland scrub and chaparral habitats. It a shrub of variable size, from low and clumpy to ...
The long leaves of species such as the Y. whipplei are made of strong fibers which can be pounded and scraped to expose long threads which run the length of the leaf. [ 24 ] [ 23 ] The leaves could be processed in many ways to remove the outer layer of leaf material which could be processed into threads and cords, used for basketry , blankets ...