Compound leaf

Compound leaf [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

A compound leaf is a leaf that is divided into two or multiple separate blade segment called leaflets or pinnae.

The leaf segments are more or less similar and are attached to the rachis (midrib or axis) by a petiolule.

The whole leaf is attached to the stem at a node by a petiole. All the leaflets of a compound leaf are oriented in the same plane. When a compound leaf falls, it falls as a unit.

A double compound (bipinnate) leaf is one in which each leaflet of a compound leaf is also made up of secondary leaflets.

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