Terminal petiolule

Terminal petiolule [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

The stalk of the terminal leaflet of a pinnately trifoliolate leaf or an imparipinnate leaf;

The stalk is usually jointed at the point where the rachis extension beyond the last leaflet meets the true petiolule of the leaflet. The terminal petiolule usually jointed and longer than the lateral ones.

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