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The leaves are round and glossy, 2–12 cm (0.8–4.7 in) long, have toothed margins and grow in alternate patterns along the vines. Small green flowers are borne on axillary cymes. The fruit is a three-valved capsule, which dehisces to reveal bright red arils that cover the seeds. All parts of the plant are poisonous. [9]
A round leaf where the petiole attaches near the center, e.g. a lotus leaf perfoliate: perfoliatus: stem attachment: With the leaf blade surrounding the stem such that the stem appears to pass through the leaf perforate: perforatus: leaf surface features Many holes, or perforations, on leaf surface. Compare with fenestrate. pinnately lobed ...
Glycymerididae, often misspelled as Glycymeridae, common names dog cockles or bittersweets, is a worldwide family of salt water clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Arcida. They are related to the ark clams. This family contains 45 extant species in four genera.
The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera [3] and 1,350 species [4] of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales.The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only Celastrus (the staff vines), Euonymus (the spindles) and Maytenus widespread in temperate climates, and Parnassia (bog-stars) found in alpine and arctic climates.
Solanum dulcamara is a species of vine in the genus Solanum (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae.Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, [3] climbing nightshade, [4] felonwort, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, [5] [6] [7] trailing bittersweet ...
(of a compound leaf) Having precisely two leaflet s, usually in a symmetrical pair, e.g. a leaf of Colophospermum mopane. Compare jugate lobed leaf, e.g. most species of Bauhinia. bifusiform Fusiform with a pinch in the middle. bilabiate Having two lips, e.g. the form of the petal s in many irregular flowers. bilateral 1.
Acrodromous – the veins run parallel to the leaf edge and fuse at the leaf tip. Actinodromous – the main veins of a leaf radiate from the tip of the petiole. Brochidodromous – the veins turn away from the leaf edge to join the next higher vein. Campylodromous – secondary veins diverge at the base of the lamina and rejoin at the tip.
Widespread as a leaf vegetable in former times. Still valued in some places in Italy and Northern Spain [26] Brassica carinata: Abyssinian Cabbage [27] [28] Brassica juncea: Indian mustard [29] [30] Brassica napus: Rutabaga: Sag, popular in Indian and Nepalese cuisine, usually stir-fried with salt, garlic and spices [31] [32] Brassica napus var ...